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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Walter Jurmann papers
Creator:
Jurmann, Walter
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2271
Physical Description:
5 Linear Feet
(6 document boxes, 3 small flat boxes, and 1 large flat box)
Date (inclusive): [1910]-1995
Abstract: Collection consists of material related to career of the composer Walter Jurmann, including scores, lyrics, business and personal
papers, correspondence, photographs, and biographic items.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: The bulk of material is in English, with numerous song scores and other items in German. Several scores are in French, one
in Hungarian.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CONTAINS AUDIO MATERIALS: This collection contains processed audio materials. Audio materials in this collection are restricted
and require advance notice for use. All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request button
located on this page.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Yvonne Jurmann, 1988.
[Identification of item], Walter Jurmann Papers (Collection 2271). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9919729393606533
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.
In 1934, Louis B. Mayer recruited Jurmann and Kaper for MGM's film productions, bringing them to Los Angeles. The pair wrote
songs for the Marx Brothers' A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races, and the films The Mutiny on the Bounty, Escapade,
and San Francisco. Jurmann also composed music for several songs in the Judy Garland musical Presenting Lily Mars. By the
mid-1940s, Jurmann had left the film industry, becoming a freelance composer. He later wrote a number of love songs, as well
as songs for the cities of San Antonio, Houston, and Los Angeles. Jurmann died on June 17, 1971, while traveling in Budapest,
Hungary.
Collection consists of material related to the career of composer Walter Jurmann including scores, lyrics, business and personal
papers, correspondence, and photographs. Scores are primarily songs for films and popular songs in English and German. Also
included are posthumous articles, clippings, programs, and other items concerning Jurmann's music. Much of collection, especially
biographic material and some scores, was compiled by Jurmann's wife Yvonne Jurmann after his death.
The collection is arranged into the following series: Series 1. Scores; Series 2. Lyrics; Series 3. Business and personal
papers; Series 4. Correspondence; Series 5. Photographs; Series 6. Biographic material; Series 7. Sound recordings; Series
8. Ephemera.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Popular music.
Composers -- Archives.
Motion picture music.
Jurmann, Walter -- Archives