{"product_id":"john-sangsters-the-lord-of-the-rings-vols-1-3-hardcover","title":"John Sangster's The Lord of the Rings, Vols. 1-3 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBruce Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA study of John Sangster's jazz suite \u003ci\u003eLord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003econtextualized with biographical and cultural studies of the composer in the 1970s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e At more than 6 LP recordings, the \u003ci\u003eLord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003esuite, produced during the 1970s, based on the Tolkien books, is the most ambitious, stylistically and emotionally wide-ranging compositional \u003ci\u003eoeuvre\u003c\/i\u003e ever undertaken in Australian jazz. Its composer (and one of its performers) John Sangster, followed a career from the late 1940s to his death in 1995 that spanned the entire historical spectrum of jazz styles from traditional to the avant-garde, through performance, recording and film\/TV music. One of the most complex figures in Australian music, in both temperament and musical style, he straddled the full spectrum from light to darkness, idolized by his colleagues, yet capable of evoking the most extreme violence. Nothing in the recording history of Australian jazz, and perhaps Australian music in general, matches the monumental stature of this suite, which he called his musical autobiography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Johnson \u003c\/b\u003eis honorary professor in a range of disciplines including Music, Cultural History and Communications at University of Technology Sydney, Australia; University of Turku, Finland; University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is co-founder of the Australian Jazz Archives, government advisor on arts policy, author\/editor of over a dozen books, mainly on jazz, and is an active jazz musician.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100453986611,"sku":"9798765121115","price":151.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/c8AyFu5ZMw9798765121115.webp?v=1772486060","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/john-sangsters-the-lord-of-the-rings-vols-1-3-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}