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- Dec. 27, 1993: Retired:John Williams
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- Dec. 27, 1993 The New Age of Angels
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- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- MILESTONES, Page 19
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- <p> RETIRING. JOHN WILLIAMS, 61, composer and conductor; after 13
- seasons leading the Boston Pops; in Boston. Williams is well
- known for his anthemic movie scores, including those for the
- Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies, Superman, Jaws and ET.
- (He also composed the NBC News theme music.) At the Boston Pops,
- he succeeded the legendary Arthur Fiedler and, like him, straddled
- the gap between the classics and American pop music with artists
- from both worlds--Yo-Yo Ma, Sammy Davis Jr., Kiri Te Kanawa
- and Whitney Houston.
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