...from 2021, when Maestros and Their Music was published in paperback...
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The Yale Archives
The Yale Symphony Orchestra, which I directed from 1968–75, has made available a nine-page gallery with programs, letters, photos, and a million other documents of the time...
A Very Big Speech
This is John's 90-minute presentation at Yale of his recent book, The War on Music...
A Musician for All Seasons
Interview and book review from Liner Notes, Issue 2, 2022, including: For five decades, John Mauceri has had an extraordinary impact on musical life internationally. One of America’s most celebrated conductors, he is also a writer, lecturer, teacher, and producer. Mauceri is responsible for introducing countless important yet unjustly neglected works to the public, especially […]
Rings and Things
If the most successful fake-medieval epics look like this: why does every new #WagnerRing look like this? Let's try something truly radical: respect RW's essential understanding that universal stories are told from our collective imaginary past.
Many congratulations on a brilliant tenure with the H.B.O. and upon an artistic contribution that grows increasingly precious with each passing year! Most fondly,
Thank you, dear John! Thank you! Thank you!
Of course, the highlight of the evening for me, and for Jerry Goldsmith beside me, was the extended sequence from STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE... What a thrill it was to hear Jerry's provocative score played live once again.
I was especially honored to hear again the main title from THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, which remains as fresh as when it was created 50 years ago...
For John Mauceri with many thanks for his beautifully conducted STREET SCENE.
Dear John, Thank a lot for saving me from Swan Lake. Broadway is more fun.
Dear John — A happy New Year to all of us, if possible.
Boy! Have you got rhythm!
Beethoven Survives Mauceri
About
John Mauceri’s distinguished and extraordinary career has brought him not only to the world’s greatest opera companies and symphony orchestras, but also to the musical stages of Broadway and Hollywood, as well as the most prestigious halls of academia. Regarded as the world’s leading performer of the music of Hollywood’s émigré composers, he has taken the lead in the preservation and performance of many kinds of music and has supervised/conducted premieres by composers as diverse as Debussy, Stockhausen, Korngold, Bernstein, Hindemith, Elfman, Ives, and Shore. As an accomplished recording artist, John Mauceri has over 70 albums to his name, and is the recipient of Grammy, Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk, Edison, Cannes Classique, Billboard, two Diapasons d’Or, three Emmys, and four Deutsche Schallplatten Awards.