Zanda Myrande

(December 19, 1955 -- July 24, 2019)

British filker, once known as Zander Nyrond and Jonathan Waite, who was active since 1988 if not earlier. She was primarily a skilled filksong writer. Co-chaired Pentatonic in 1993 and HarmonIX in 1997, on the concom of Conthirteena in 1991, member of the filk group Cosmic Trifle, wrote for WiGGLe and Filklore and published Zander's Little Book of Filks.

Zanda Myrande and Soren Nyrond wrote "Sam's Song", beloved by filkers around the world. The annual British filk awards known as the Sams are named after "Sam's Song". Songs by Zanda that won Sams include:

• "The Old Ones" (Best New Song, 1990; Best Humorous Song, 1994)
• "Sam's Song", co-written with Soren Nyrond (All-Time Great, 1994)
• "Mina's Song" (Best Serious, 2001; Filk Gold, 2011)
• "Arden", co-written with Chris O'Shea (Filk Gold, 2003)
• "Song of the Women", co-written with Janet Waite (Filk Gold, 2013)
• "British 101" (Best Silly, 2014)
• "Don't Push Rob into the Euphonium", co-written with Mich Sampson (Best Silly, 2017)

For years, Zanda and her wife Janet Waite hosted weekend filk gatherings, known as Nycons, at their home.

Albums

• On The Battlements
• Blood On Bookwalk
• Lighthouse
• Return To Argenthome - The Rough Cuts
• Coming To A Theatre Near You
• The Toad and other Strangenesses
• The Filk Of Human Kindness - Futeurised (sic)
• To The Landing
• Blow For Freedom

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1991 -- Treble (UK Guest)
• 1993 -- OVFF 9 (Interfilk Guest)
• 2000 -- inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame, Pegasus Award for Best Filk Song, "Sam's Song"
• 2002 -- Marcon 37 (filk GOH), Pegasus Award for Best Composer

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Person

1955—2019

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