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Jurmann (Walter) papers
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Description
Collection consists of material related to career of the composer Walter Jurmann, including scores, lyrics, business and personal
papers, correspondence, photographs, and biographic items.
Background
Composer Walter Jurmann was born October 12, 1903, in Vienna, Austria. He began his career as a piano player in Austria and
in 1927 moved to Berlin, where he became a pianist at the Eden Hotel. During his time in Berlin, Jurmann collaborated with
the lyricist Fritz Rotter (1900-1984) and the Polish composer Bronislaw Kaper (1902-1983), creating a number of hit songs.
In the early 1930s, Jurmann and Kaper also wrote songs for German and French films, and Jurmann wrote revues during a stay
in Paris in 1933. He sometimes issued music under pseudonyms while working in Europe.
Extent
5 Linear Feet
(6 document boxes, 3 small flat boxes, and 1 large flat box)
Restrictions
Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained
by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue
the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Availability
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