Sir Orfeo's guest appearances

Sir Orfeo

The Tolkien Professor

Signum Symposia

The Medieval Podcast

The Warrior Priest Podcast 

Michael Drout

David Perlmutter

Sarah Brown

Malcolm Guite

Neil Gaiman

John Costello

David Brin

Thomas Edison

Jack Hartnell

Richard III

Amy Kaufman

John Garth

Phil Knight

Holly Ordway

David Green

OwlTail

Sir Orfeo is a 1944 booklet which reproduces the text of the Middle English poem as edited and amended by J.R.R. Tolkien, together with an editorial note also by Tolkien. Tolkien's translation of it was later published in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo. Although the booklet does not identify Tolkien's editorship, a copy held by the Bodleian Library in Oxford includes a note in Tolkien's hand which states that it was prepared for a naval cadets' course in English that ran from 1943-1944. The number of copies printed is unknown, but was probably small. In his J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography, Wayne G. Hammond reported that "Five copies have been located." The lack of known copies of Sir Orfeo may be due in part to the fact that Tolkien is not recorded as editor, making it unlikely that many booksellers would identify the Tolkien connection.[1] The poem is a Celtic retelling of the Ancient Greek myth of Orpheus, King of Thrace, who went to the Underworld (here the Otherworld) to save his wife Eurydice (Heurodis) from Hades (Fairy King). In 2004, the text of the 1944 Sir Orfeo was reprinted in Tolkien Studies: Volume 1, edited by Carl F. Hostetter.  A musical rendition of the Middle English text: https://youtu.be/eaEiu10DS_4 A reading of the Middle English text: https://youtu.be/kllYoonQFXI  ---   Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donavon-riley/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donavon-riley/support

Sir Orfeo is a 1944 booklet which reproduces the text of the <a href="https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Middle_English" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Middle English</a> poem as edited and amended by <a href="https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/J.R.R._Tolkien" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">J.R.R. Tolkien</a>, together with an editorial note also by Tolkien. Tolkien's translation of it was later published in <a href="https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight,_Pearl_and_Sir_Orfeo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo</a>. Although the booklet does not identify Tolkien's editorship, a copy held by the <a href="https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Bodleian_Library" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bodleian Library</a> in Oxford includes a note in Tolkien's hand which states that it was prepared for a naval cadets' course in English that ran from 1943-1944. The number of copies printed is unknown, but was probably small. In his <a href="https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/J.R.R._Tolkien:_A_Descriptive_Bibliography" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography</a>, <a href="https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Wayne_G._Hammond" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wayne G. Hammond</a> reported that "Five copies have been located." The lack of known copies of Sir Orfeo may be due in part to the fact that Tolkien is not recorded as editor, making it unlikely that many booksellers would identify the Tolkien connection.<a href="https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Sir_Orfeo_(booklet)#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">[1]</a> The poem is a Celtic retelling of the Ancient Greek myth of Orpheus, King of Thrace, who went to the Underworld (here the Otherworld) to save his wife Eurydice (Heurodis) from Hades (Fairy King). In <a href="https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/2004" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2004</a>, the text of the 1944 Sir Orfeo was reprinted in <a href="https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Tolkien_Studies:_Volume_1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tolkien Studies: Volume 1</a>, edited by <a href="https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Carl_F._Hostetter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carl F. Hostetter</a>. A musical rendition of the Middle English text: <a href="https://youtu.be/eaEiu10DS_4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/eaEiu10DS_4</a> A reading of the Middle English text:<a href="https://youtu.be/kllYoonQFXI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://youtu.be/kllYoonQFXI</a> --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donavon-riley/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donavon-riley/message</a> Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donavon-riley/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donavon-riley/support</a>

High Ground #6 - J.R.R. Tolkien - Sir Orfeo 

It’s medieval storytime! This week, a story from the ancient world is translated into the Middle Ages in the tale of Sir Orfeo.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5406638/advertisement

It’s medieval storytime! This week, a story from the ancient world is translated into the Middle Ages in the tale of Sir Orfeo. This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/5406638/advertisement" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.spreaker.com/show/5406638/advertisement</a>

Medieval Storytime: Sir Orfeo

A translator is not free: J. R. R. Tolkien’s Guidelines for Translation and Their Application in Sir Orfeo Curtis Weyant While bemoaning his struggles with translating the Middle English poem “Pearl,” Tolkien declared to his aunt, Jane Neave, that ‘a translator is not free”: but he neglected to delineate the specific rules by which he believed translators were shackled. Fortunately, elsewhere in his writings, Tolkien provides hints and directives on how to approach translating. This paper collects Tolkien’s translation guidelines from across several of his works, and it describes how he applied them in his own translations, using his posthumously published translation of Sir Orfeo as a basis for demonstration, particularly in comparison to the Auchinleck manuscript version as published by Kenneth Sisam (for which Tolkien provided a glossary) and the Middle English edition Tolkien prepared for his 1944 naval cadets’ course on the poem.Support Signum Symposia

<code>A translator is not free: J. R. R. Tolkien’s Guidelines for Translation and Their Application in Sir </code> Orfeo Curtis Weyant While bemoaning his struggles with translating the Middle English poem “Pearl,” Tolkien declared to his aunt, Jane Neave, that ‘a translator is not free”: but he neglected to delineate the specific rules by which he believed translators were shackled. Fortunately, elsewhere in his writings, Tolkien provides hints and directives on how to approach translating. This paper collects Tolkien’s translation guidelines from across several of his works, and it describes how he applied them in his own translations, using his posthumously published translation of Sir Orfeo as a basis for demonstration, particularly in comparison to the Auchinleck manuscript version as published by Kenneth Sisam (for which Tolkien provided a glossary) and the Middle English edition Tolkien prepared for his 1944 naval cadets’ course on the poem.<a href="https://signumuniversity.org/fund/donate/" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Signum Symposia</a>

Mythmoot V: 05 - JRR Tolkien's Guidelines for Translation and Sir Orfeo

An unabridged recording of the poem Sir Orfeo, in Middle English.  This is the first text we will be discussing in my Faerie and Fantasy course.