The Music of the Ainur (chapter)

The Music of the Ainur is the second chapter of The Book of Lost Tales Part One, the first volume of The History of Middle-earth. This chapter holds J.R.R. Tolkien's earliest version of the tale of the Ainulindalë: the creation of Arda by Eru Ilúvatar and his Ainur. This tale, bearing the same title, was written in 1919-1920 when Tolkien was 27-28. The final version would be published in 1977 as the opening part of The Silmarillion.
The chapter that follows is "The Coming of the Valar and the Building of Valinor".
==Chapter synopsis==
Before the Music of the Ainur is narrated by Rúmil to the mariner Eriol (who has recently taken residence at the Cottage of Lost Play), the chapter begins after Christopher Tolkien's introduction with what he names the "Link" between the prior tale and this one. Eriol speaks with Lindo at the Cottage, sleeps, and has a dream, and on the next day takes a long stroll outside listening to the birds, and comes across the sage Rúmil. Learning that Rúmil is very old and knowledgeable, Eriol eagerly questions him of many things concerning the history of Valinor and Arda. Christopher Tolkien makes a comment on the Link, and then Rúmil's story of the Music of the Ainur begins.
The narrated story holds few differences from the final Ainulindalë, such as the absence of Eru's proclamation of Eä! Let these things Be!, and of mentions to "the Secret Fire".
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Die musiek van die Ainur
Albanian 	Muzika e Ainurit
Arabic 	موسيقى الأينور
Armenian 	Այնուրի երաժշտությունը
Azerbaijani 	Aynurun musiqisi
Bengali 	দ্য আইনুর সঙ্গীত
Bhojpuri 	ऐनूर के संगीत के बारे में बतावल गइल बा
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Музиката на Айнур
Catalan 	La música dels Ainur
Cebuano 	Ang Musika sa Ainur
Danish 	Den Musik af Ainur
Dutch 	De muziek van de Ainur
Esperanto 	La muziko de la Ainur
Estonian 	Ainuri muusika
Filipino 	Ang Musika ng Ainur
Finnish 	Ainurin musiikki
French 	La Musique des Ainur
Galician 	A música dos Ainur
Georgian 	აინურთა მუსიკა
German 	Die Musik der Ainur
Greek 	Η μουσική των Αϊνούρ
Gujarati 	આ આઈનુરનું સંગીત
Hindi 	द ऐनुरु का संगीत
Hungarian 	Az Ainuk muzsikája
Icelandic 	Tónlistin af Ainur
Irish Gaelic 	An Ceol an Ainur
Italian 	La Musica degli Ainur
Japanese 	アイヌールの音楽
Kannada 	ದಿ ಐನೂರರ ಸಂಗೀತ
Kazakh 	Айнұрдың музыкасы (Cyrillic) Aynurdıñ mwzıkası (Latin)
Konkani 	दी आयनूराचें संगीत
Korean 	아이누르의 음악
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Айнурдун музыкасы
Latvian 	Ainura mūzika
Lithuanian 	Ainuro muzika
Luxembourgish 	D'Musek vun der Ainur
Macedonian Cyrillic	Музиката на Ајнур
Maithili 	द ऐनूर के संगीत
Malagasy 	Ny mozikan'ny Ainur
Malayalam 	ദ ഐനൂരിന്റെ സംഗീതം
Maltese 	Il-mużika tal-Ainur
Maori 	Te Waiata a te Ainur
Marathi 	द ऐनूरचे संगीत
Nepalese 	द ऐनुरको संगीत
Norwegian 	Den Musikken til Ainur
Persian 	موسیقی آینور
Pashto 	د عینور موسیقي
Polish 	Muzyka Ainurów
Portuguese 	O música dos Ainur (Brazilian)
A música do Ainur (Portugal)
Punjabi 	ਦ ਏਨੂਰ ਦਾ ਸੰਗੀਤ
Romanian 	Muzica Ainurului
Russian 	Му́зыка А́йнур
Serbian 	Музика Ајнура (Cyrillic) Muzika Ajnura (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ද අයිනුර්ගේ සංගීතය
Slovak 	Hudba skupiny Ainur
Slovenian 	Glasba skupine Ainur
Spanish 	La música de los Ainur
Swedish 	Den Ainurs musik
Tajik Cyrillic 	Мусикии Айнур
Tamil 	த ஐனூரின் இசை
Telugu 	ఆ ఐనూర్ సంగీతం
Thai 	ดนตรีของไอนูร์
Turkish 	Ainur'un Müziği
Turkmen 	Aýnuryň sazy
Urdu 	دی عینور کی موسیقی
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Музика Айнур
Vietnamese 	Âm nhạc của Ainur
Welsh 	Y Cerdd yr Ainur
Yiddish 	די מוזיק פון די אַינור
Category:Chapters of The Book of Lost Tales Part One