Maury Yeston

Maury Yeston (born October 23, 1945 in Jersey City , New Jersey ) is an American musical composer , songwriter and author. He also teaches as a musicologist and is also active as a scientific author. Yeston studied at Yale University and at Clare College of Cambridge University .

Life

Yeston made famous by the success of his Broadway -pieces Nine , Titanic - The Musical and Grand Hotel . But remarkable pieces by him have also been played on Off-Broadway. For the 100th anniversary of Carnegie Hall in New York , he wrote the December Songs in 1991 , a modern song cycle based on Franz Schubert's winter journey and sung in German by Pia Douwes . For his concept album Goya - a Life in Song , Yeston wrote the song Till I Loved You , which became a hit in the interpretation of Barbra Streisand and which can be heard on the album in interpretations of Plácido Domingo with Dionne Warwick and Gloria Estefan .

In addition to his creative activities, Yeston is president of various foundations such as the Kurt Weill Foundation.

Musicals:

Concerts:

Oscar nomination for the song Take It All from Nine (2010)

Grammy nominations for Titanic (1998)

personal data
SURNAME	Yeston, Maury
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American musical composer, songwriter, and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 23, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH	Jersey City , New Jersey , United States