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Finding Aid for the Emery H. Heim Collection of Music Manuscripts and Sheet Music, 1926-1946
PASC 39-M
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Title: Emery H. Heim Collection of Music Manuscripts and Sheet Music
Date (inclusive): 1926-1946
Collection number: PASC 39-M
Creator:
Heim, Emery H., 1906-1946.
Extent:
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Abstract: Collection consists of manuscripts or ozalid copies of piano-vocal scores of popular songs collected by Emery H. Heim who
was born in Hungary.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary 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 Blanche Heim Berman, 1979.
[Identification of item], Emery H. Heim Collection of Music Manuscripts and Sheet Music (Collection Number PASC 39-M). UCLA
Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Heim was born on Feb. 22, 1906 in Budapest, Hungary; attended the Academy of Music, Budapest; wrote scores for musicals and
films in Hungary; came to the US in 1939; served in US Army, Special Services during World War II, wrote film scores in Hollywood,
and songs, including: "Szabadkai Udvaron" (official Hungarian Army song), "Time and time again," "Don't look at me the way
you're lookin'", "My ol' ten gallon hat," "Rather do without you, baby," "Down the gypsy trail," "While the music plays on,"
"Fighting wild cat march," (official song, 81st Div.), and "Give it your best" (official song, 13th Armored Div.); he died
on Aug. 1, 1946 in Los Angeles.
Collection consists of manuscripts or ozalid copies of piano-vocal scores of popular songs, a few with obbligato instrumental
parts, mostly with texts in English or Hungarian, as well as a published sheet music of songs, and popular Hungarian dance
music arranged for miscellaneous small ensembles, most with parts.
Arranged in the following series:
- Manuscripts (box 1)
- Sheet music (Box 2).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Heim, Emery H., 1906-1946 --Archives.
Composers --Archival resources.
Music --Manuscripts.
Songs with piano.
Dance music --Hungary --Parts.
Songs, Hungarian.