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Eugene Zádor papers,
1913-1995
PASC-M.0022
PASC-M.0022
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Title: Eugene Zádor papers
Identifier/Call Number: PASC-M.0022
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
73.7 linear feet
(148 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1913-1995
Abstract: The collection consists of autographed manuscripts of orchestral works, operas, songs, and chamber music; reel to reel recordings
of performances; full scores and parts not necessarily in the composer's own hand; and numerous items of correspondence to
and from the composer.
Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Creator:
Zador, Eugene
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. 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.
[Identification of item], Eugene Zádor Papers (Collection PASC-M 22). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4234053
Eugene Zador was born on November 5, 1894, in Bataszek, Hungary. He studied under Richard Heuberger at the Vienna Conservatory
(1911) and under Max Reger in Leipzig (1912-14). After completing his doctoral degree at the University of Münster, he returned
to Vienna, where he taught at the New Vienna Conservatory through the 1920s. While there, he composed (among other works)
a symphony and two operas (both produced by the Budapest Royal Opera). In 1934, he became an honorary professor at the Budapest
Academy of Music. Zador was one of many composers with European roots who emigrated to the United States in the 1930s and
1940s, settled in Los Angeles, and made a living in motion pictures while continuing to write music for the concert hall.
Unlike Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Franz Waxman, and Miklos Rozsa, however, Zador's original work for films was sparse--and mostly
uncredited. Instead, he earned his living in Hollywood as an orchestrator, turning detailed "sketches" by other composers
into full orchestral scores. From 1941 to 1963, he worked almost exclusively for Rozsa, who admired his fellow Hungarian's
skill so much that he made keeping Zador as his orchestrator a condition of his first contract with M-G-M in 1948. Zador orchestrated
over 120 film scores for Hollywood in all. While working as an orchestrator, Zador continued to compose prolifically for the
concert hall; and, upon his retirement from that industry in 1963, he devoted himself full-time to composition and never ceased
writing music until his death on April 4,1977. His final catalogue comprised numerous works for orchestra, several operas,
chamber music, piano pieces, choral works, songs, and various concertos for what he liked to call "underprivileged" instruments--including
trombone, cimbalom, double bass, and accordion.
The collection consists of autograph manuscripts of orchestral works including The Remarkable Adventures of Henry Bold, On
the Banks of the Wabash, Rhapsody for Cimbalom and Orchestra, Scherzo for Orchestra, Tempest Suite, Fugato for Orchestra,
Piano Concerto, Melody and Vivo for Orchestra, Symphony No.1, Fugue Fantasia for Orchestra, and Prelude and Fugue for Orchestra.
The collection also includes correspondence between Zador and various family members, most especially his parents; photographs;
programs and clippings; and books.
This collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. Musical compositions by Zádor
- Series 2. Orchestrations and arrangements
- Series 3. Correspondence
- Series 4. Papers
- Series 5. Clippings
- Series 6. Photographs
- Series 7. Books and published sheet music
- Series 8. Musical compositions from American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming (2015 addition)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Zádor, Eugene, 1894-1977--Archives.
Composers--Archives.
Orchestral music--Scores.