Martin Romberg
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Martin Romberg is a Norwegian neo-romantic contemporary composer. He is one of the most active orchestral composers of his generation in Scandinavia. He is mostly known for his fantasy literature and
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Mythopoeia
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Mythopoeia, or mythopoesis, is a subgenre of speculative fiction, and a theme in modern literature and film, where an artificial or fictionalized mythology is created by a writer of prose, poetry, or
Martin Romberg
…André Arnesen and others. He has on several occasions collaborated with the Norwegian painter Odd Nerdrum. He believes that J.R.R. Tolkien's concept of mythopoeia can be transferred to western classical music to infuse it with new energy, and has used the term Fantasy Music to describe his own music. He has on…
William Blake's mythology is both written and illustrated. Here, Los is tormented at his smithy by the Spectre in an illustration to Jerusalem.
J.R.R. Tolkien's bust by Faith Falcounbridge in Exeter College, Oxford
Tolkien was unable to emulate Elias Lönnrot, who travelled Finland recording oral folklore, and then reconstructed the country's mythology. 1912 sketch for a mural, Lönnrot and the Rune Singers, by Akseli Gallen-Kallela
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