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Legacy Conversations: Steven C. Smith and William Stromberg

Author Steven C. Smith and composer & conductor William Stromberg discuss the lineage that connects John Williams and the great composers of the Golden Age of Hollywood, including Bernard Herrmann and Max Steiner

Hosted by Maurizio Caschetto

Steven C. Smith (Photo © Mark A. Vieira)

Steven C. Smith (Photo © Mark A. Vieira)

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Maurizio Caschetto Legacy Conversations, People, Podcast, Scholars and Historians June 10, 2021June 11, 2021 17 Minutes

Jedi Maestro: John Williams and the Music of Star Wars — Roundtable Discussion

Special podcast episode dedicated to John Williams’ iconic scores for the legendary film series, with a focus on the last work for the Saga, The Rise of Skywalker

Special guests: Doug Adams, Frank Lehman, Jim Ware

Hosted by Maurizio Caschetto

Composer John Williams recording his final score for the last episode of the Skywalker Saga, The Rise of Skywalker
(© 2019 Lucasfilm/Walt Disney Company)

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Maurizio Caschetto Insights & Analysis, Podcast, Scholars and Historians May 25, 2020July 27, 2020 5 Minutes

Legacy Conversations: Frank Lehman

Music Theorist and Film Musicologist from Tufts University talks about how John Williams’s film scores shaped his interest in music and his path to academia, with a spotlight on his catalogue of the themes and motifs from the Star Wars saga

Hosted by Maurizio Caschetto

14919c5b645584cb9a57bd2660e21d78 — Frank Lehman, Associate Professor of Music at Tufts University (Photo: Alison Bruzek/WBUR)

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Maurizio Caschetto Legacy Conversations, Podcast, Scholars and Historians November 14, 2019July 27, 2020 3 Minutes

The Legacy of John Williams Podcast: Latest Episodes

L.A. Studio Legends #12: Stephen Erdody
Heavens and Dreamscapes: Mike Matessino Talks 'Images' and 'Always'
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L.A. Studio Legends #11: Louise Di Tullio
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From Anne-Sophie Mutter, here's a few pics from the rehearsals of John Williams' Violin Concerto No.2, which will premiere at the @tanglewoodmusicfestival tomorrow, July 24, with the Maestro himself conducting the @bostonsymphony Orchestra and the renowned violinist.

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We mourn legendary director Richard Donner, who passed away at age 91 on July 5, 2021.

"I first began studying music, if I can call it that, in the 1930s as a piano student. I’ve always had good teachers…who were colleagues of my father… [I] worked seriously at the piano through my teenage years and studied with Rosina Lhévinne at Juilliard briefly in the early middle ’50s, both in New York at the Juilliard School and later out here at the old Los Angeles Conservatory on Figueroa Street, where she used to come give master classes in the summer. But I also played the trombone, and picked up trumpets and various instruments, even scrubbed on a cello occasionally. I had an orchestration teacher, Robert Van Eps, who was always explaining to me that in order to understand the orchestra, you need to play one member of each group of the orchestra – a wind, a string, a percussion, a brass, well enough to sit in a school rehearsal… Those were among the greatest lessons that I’ve had in my life…"

📣 NEW PODCAST EPISODE! 🎙

📣 THE FILM MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS is the revised and updated edition of Emilio Audissino's groundbreaking best-selling book from 2014 where he discusses John Williams' unique approach to film composition by examining his neoclassical style in context, demonstrating how he revived and revised classical Hollywood music. In this new edition, Audissino expands and further illuminates on the Maestro's creative process and achievements in film music, including the most recent Star Wars sequels. The book also presents an in-depth analysis of Williams' iconic score for the 1979 film version of DRACULA directed by John Badham.

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