Restrictions on Access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Biographical note
Scope and Contents
Organization and Arrangement
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)
Physical Description:
.2 linear feet
(1 shoebox)
Physical Description:
5 audiovisual carriers
(5 unprocessed VHS tapes)
Date (inclusive): 1910 - 2003
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.
Restrictions on Access
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.
CONTAINS UNPROCESSED AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are not currently available for access and will require
further processing and assessment. If you have questions about this material, please email AskLSC@library.ucla.edu.
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.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Walter Jurmann Papers (Collection 2271). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Processing Information
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Biographical note
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.
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of material related to the career of composer Walter Jurmann including scores, lyrics, business and personal
papers, correspondence, photographs, and VHS tapes. 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.
Organization and Arrangement
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