Sorry to be filling up your Facebook wall with so many posts today, but I just learned of the passing of Otto Werner Mueller. Mueller was one of the great conducting pedagogues, a giant in more ways than one, and a staple for many years at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music.

Here’s an appreciation posted on Norman Lebrecht’s blog:

This challenging giant was never Mueller light

No obituaries posted yet online.

PHOTO: Mueller towering over Riccardo Muti and Gary Graffman