Donald Ibrahim Swann (30 September 1923 – 23 March 1994) was a British composer, musician, singer and entertainer. He was one half of Flanders and Swann...
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Namárië (section Donald Swann)
musical settings by Donald Swann of songs from Middle-earth, The Road Goes Ever On; the Gregorian plainsong-like melody was hummed to Swann by Tolkien. The...
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and Swann were a British comedy duo and musicians. Michael Flanders (1922–1975) was a lyricist, actor, and singer. He collaborated with Donald Swann (1923–1994)...
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book of sheet music and as an audio recording. The music was written by Donald Swann, and the words are taken from poems in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth...
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Donald Swann Further performances— Moreland Hall, Hampstead, 28 August 1940 Rudolph Steiner Hall, London, 29 August 1940 The first Flanders and Swann...
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Galadriel; Tolkien's Quenya poem "Namárië" has been set to music by Donald Swann. Galadriel has appeared in both animated and live-action films and television...
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football player David Swann (born 1949), Canadian politician Donald Swann (1923–1994), British composer, musician and entertainer Edward Swann (1862–1945), New...
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picture-book in 1990. It was illustrated by Pauline Baynes, and set to music by Donald Swann and Stephen Oliver. The poem's copyright was owned by Tolkien's secretary...
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in the US, Switzerland, and on tour in Britain. Michael Flanders and Donald Swann had performed together as schoolboys, collaborating in 1940 on a revue...
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Have Some Madeira M'Dear (category Flanders and Swann songs)
Flanders and Swann, pp. 143–145 Flanders, Michael; Donald Swann; Claudia Flanders (1977). The Songs of Michael Flanders and Donald Swann. London: Elm...
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