ANSA 08/29/2026

ANSA - Italian composer to present Elvish language piece at Oxford Tolkien meet

Abruzzo-born Pierpaolo Battista to perform Quenya composition

An Italian musician, composer and lecturer is to present a piece written in J.J.R.

Tolkien's Elvish language Quenya at the annual Oxonmoot celebration of the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit author's works at his alma mater Oxford on September 6.
    Abruzzo-born Pierpaolo Battista will give a lecture on 'Quenya as an Instrument of Narrative Revelation' before performing the composition in Tolkien's old university.
    Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni's has often cited The Lord of the Rings as a foundational work for her values, as it is for her right-wing party.
    photo: Meloni at a Tolkien show in Rome
   

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