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Finding Aid for the Rudolf Friml Collection of musical compositions, 1905-1968
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Description
The collection consists of scores and sketches, and ozalid reproductions of music for the stage and other compositions by
Friml, as well as many sound recordings, and personal and business papers. The collection is currently being processed. Updates
to the finding aid will be made periodically.
Background
Charles Rudolf Friml was born on Dec. 7, 1879 in Prague, Czechoslovakia; studied composition with Antonín Dvořák and piano
with Josef Jiránek at the Prague Conservatory (1900-3); was accompanist for the violinist Jan Kubelfk on tours of Europe and
the US (1900-6); settled in the US in 1906, performing his First piano concerto with Walter Damrosch and the New York Symphony
Orchestra; gained a reputation for his keyboard improvisations, character pieces, lyrical salon dances, etudes, violin and
cello pieces and songs, some written under the pseudonym Roderick Freeman; wrote 30 operettas and revue scores; moved to Hollywood
in 1925, adapting his works and writing new scores for films; compositions include The firefly (1912), Rose Marie (1924), The vagabond king (1925), and The three musketeers (1928); he died on Nov. 12, 1972 in Los Angeles.
Extent
200 boxes (100 linear ft.)
Restrictions
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.
Availability
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.