Maury Yeston is a composer and lyricist educated at Yale and Clare College, Cambridge. He was a member of the Yale faculty for eight years, where he was Director of Undergraduate Studies in Music. He is best known for his stage musicals, which include:
- Nine (1982), (revived 2003)
- Grand Hotel (1989)
- Titanic (1997)
- Cloud 9
- In the Beginning