John Cacavas(1930-2014)
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Composer, songwriter ("Autumn Once Again"), conductor and arranger,
educated at Northwestern University (Bachelor of Music degree) and
through music studies with Robert Delaney. He served in the U.S. Army
and while there, arranged for the Army Band in Washington, DC. He
served as an assistant to Morton Gould, and
he was awarded the Four Freedoms Foundation George Washington Honor
award. He was director of publications for the Chappell Music Company.
He composed, arranged, and conducted the OEO radio series "Voices of
Vista". Joining ASCAP in 1954, his song and instrumental compositions
also include "Danse Montmartre", "Moonstruck", "Other Side of the
Moon", "Tall in the Saddle", "City Children", "Touch o' the Moon", "The
Sentry Boy", and "Lead Us, O Lord".
