Dets, I have a strange question for you… My partner and I have been fans of Sansukh since Chapter 1, and we were wondering if you would mind if he played some of the music from Sansukh at our wedding? He’s another violinist and we’d happily pay you for the sheet music on patreon , but we also totally understand if you don’t want people using your music. You’d of course be credited in whatever way you see fit, and again, we understand if you aren’t comfortable with that. Thank you!

Nonnie, you are SO welcome to use my music, and congratulations to you and your partner!

All my sheet music is already up for grabs, and you don’t have to pay me a cent. You can find it here! Use it with my best wishes and all my love ❤

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reblogged your audio post and added:

THIS SONG WAS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED AT 2 AM !!!!!!!!! AHHH ITS SO BEAUTIFUL AND YOUR VOICE IS AS WELL

jas,hdgfkjhagsa thank you, sweetness! urgh, you know me and my terrible timing, I never seem to find that sweet spot between timezones, guh.

(I am SUPER SUPER SHAKINGLY NERVOUS, tbh – this is the most complicated harmony I’ve ever written, it’s tone-crunch-in-every-bar sort of stuff, and so I am all *bites nails* your very kind words have really made me SO relieved!! Thank you SO much!)

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In Western Lands (Sam’s Song).

This is the final
song planned for Sansûkh, composed and performed by me for SSAA choir.

It will be linked
in the fic on AO3 RIGHT after I write the words, ‘The End’ in Chapter 50.

The poem is from Return
of the King, and is sung by Sam Gamgee. It
has been suggested that it was originally penned by a certain Mr. Bilbo Baggins.

This composition is
lovingly dedicated to my dear friend, @poplitealqueen. Love ya, mate.

Sheet music for download is here. Lyrics reproduced
under the cut.

In western lands
beneath the Sun
the flowers may rise in Spring,
the trees may bud, the waters run,
the merry finches sing.
Or there maybe ‘tis cloudless night
and swaying beeches bear
the Elven-stars as jewels white
amid their branching hair.

Though here at
journey’s end I lie
buried in darkness deep,
beyond all towers strong and high,
beyond all mountains steep,
above all shadows rides the Sun
and Stars for ever dwell:
I will not say the Day is done,
nor bid the Stars farewell.

Or ‘waith bain nura Anor
A panlû elin cuinar
Ú-pedithon ‘i-aur gwann’
Egor nai îl ‘namarië’.

(the Elvish stanza is a translation of the last four lines of the poem).

Your comment about composers who are hard to sing reminds me of my conductor (he composes/arranges most of our material). We’ll go over a particularly crunchy chord or strange passage and he’ll look down at the music and go “who even wrote that” before chuckling to himself because he’s a dork 💛

*lies facedown* yeah, I did quite a bit of that, recording this song. I am right there with him. WHO WROTE THIS MONSTROSITY, doesn’t she know we need to BREATHE? what the hell, why why why are there all these tone crunches everywhere, and ow this Sop I part never comes down out of the rafters OW

(I’ve finished recording it now, thankfully! I’ve just got some mastering to go. It is pretty tight harmony,so I want to get the balance right in places, plus there was some annoying popping on the recording of the Alto II part. All cleaned up and pretty now!)