Uploaded July 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Bilbo’s fussy and out-of-his-element side is depicted by a dancing waltz-melody and rhythm that underscores his more awkward attempts to adjust to a life of an adventurer and the sudden change of his comfortable life in the Shire when the dwarves whisk him off to an adventure. The quirky folk tune like melody itself dances a bit uncertainly over the waltz rhythms, often conjuring an unbalanced feel, Bilbo threatening to topple with his music under the sudden new responsibilities.
This theme migrates into DoS where it provides few moments of hobbity levity to the otherwise quite dangerous and dark adventures the company experiences in the Wilderland but by the time of BotFA it disappears completely as Bilbo has outgrown his fussy stay-at-home nature even if his love for his homeland has grown all the more fond because of all the things he has seen on his adventures.
Bilbo’s fussy and out-of-his-element side is depicted by a dancing waltz-melody and rhythm that underscores his more awkward attempts to adjust to a life of an adventurer and the sudden change of his comfortable life in the Shire when the dwarves whisk him off to an adventure. The quirky folk tune like melody itself dances a bit uncertainly over the waltz rhythms, often conjuring an unbalanced feel, Bilbo threatening to topple with his music under the sudden new responsibilities.
This theme migrates into DoS where it provides few moments of hobbity levity to the otherwise quite dangerous and dark adventures the company experiences in the Wilderland but by the time of BotFA it disappears completely as Bilbo has outgrown his fussy stay-at-home nature even if his love for his homeland has grown all the more fond because of all the things he has seen on his adventures.
