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TCG Letter #975


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Donald Swann
Date
21 March 1967
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Transcript
Complete
Tolkien sends background material for The Road Goes Ever On. He includes Galadriel's Lament and Chant written out "in a fair Elvish book-hand, rubricated"

A copy is held at the Wade.
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References
J.R.R. Tolkien | Autograph manuscript calligraphic poems, notes on Elvish languages of Middle-earth, and 21 related letters to Donald Swann, 1960s, A photocopy of the letter is part of the sale
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 728
Marion E. Wade PDF of Tolkien letters among their collection
The Road Goes Ever On, Tolkien and Donald Swann's correspondence formed part of the production work on what eventually became the Road Goes Ever On.


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