Bibliography: 1983
- “John Williams,” Harvey Siders
BMI, 1983, n1:24–25 - “Disks Attest to the Versatile Talents of John Williams,” Theodore W. Libbey, Jr.
The New York Times, 27 February 1983 - “John Towner Williams, l'extraterrestre,” Roberto Pugliese
Filmcritica, April 1983, 164–173 - “Gene Shalit at the Movies,” Gene Shalit
NBC Radio Special, 1 April 1983 - “Backstage with the winners,” Deborah Caulfield and Lee Grant
Los Angeles Times, 12 April 1983 - “A Composer Who Takes It All in Stride,” Daniel Cariaga
Los Angeles Times, 21 April 1983 - “Lights, camera, Pops!: Maestro John Williams revs up for the 98th season,” Richard Dyer
The Boston Globe, 3 May 1983 - “Pops’ opening ‘insubstantial’,” Richard Dyer
The Boston Globe, 4 May 1983 - “Williams visits Civic Symphony,” Richard Dyer
The Boston Globe, 10 May 1983 - “Williams answers Spielberg’s call for music,” George McKinnon
The Boston Globe, 13 May 1983 - “‘Movie Blockbusters’ in Brief,” John J. O’Connor
The New York Times, 24 May 1983 - “John Williams: Bringing Hollywood Magic to the Boston Pops,” Richard Dyer
Ovation, June 1983, 12–15+ - “Music of the Jedi,” Bob Brown
20/20 (ABC), 16 June 1983 - “Mr. Pops,” Stephen Farber
The Dial, July 1983, 4:7, 9–12 - “Williams knows the score”
Associated Press, 4 July 1983 - “The Force is with him,” David Wessel
The Boston Globe, 5 July 1983 - “John Williams Has New TV Visibility”
Variety, 13 July 1983 - “Evening at Pops breaks out of its traditional mold,” Fred Rothenberg
Associated Press, 15 July 1983 - “Boston Pops to feature Jedi music”
Syracuse Herald-Journal, 16 July 1983 - “Williams, Peskanov at Bowl,” Daniel Cariaga
Los Angeles Times, 5 September 1983 - “John Williams: A sound craftsman,” Albert Goldberg
Los Angeles Times, 12 September 1983 - “Return of the Jedi: The Score,” Peter J. Wise
Cinemascore, Fall/Winter 1983, 16–20 - “Pop! John Williams on Philharmonic podium,” Martin Bernheimer
Los Angeles Times, 12 November 1983 - “Drab pall of indifference pervades Williams’ performance,” Donald Dierks
San Diego Union, 18 November 1983 - “Williams’ program could use help from E.T.,” John Kraglund
The Globe and Mail, 2 December 1983 - “A Close Encounter of the Painful Kind,” Martin Bernheimer
Los Angeles Times, 4 December 1983 - “Burashko debut shows promise,” John Kraglund
The Globe and Mail, 5 December 1983