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Maury Yeston
Who
Maury Yeston · Arts & Literature
What
Broadway composer (Nine, Titanic)
When
1945, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Where
United States
Biography
Maury Yeston is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Broadway composer (Nine, Titanic)
How & why
Yeston is a composer and lyricist who won Tony Awards for the scores of 'Nine' and 'Titanic', and wrote music for 'Grand Hotel'. Trained as a music theorist at Yale, where he taught, he brings unusual harmonic sophistication to the Broadway idiom. He was born into a Jewish family in New Jersey.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
Contributions & Sources
Broadway composer (Nine, Titanic)
1945
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
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