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Friml (Rudolf) Papers
PASC-M.0020
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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 Antonfn Dvorßk and piano
with Josef Jirßnek 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
152.5 Linear Feet
(305 boxes)
Restrictions
Property rights to the physical 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.
Availability
The majority of the collection is unprocessed. Please see LSC's Access to Unprocessed Collections Policy for more information
about levels of discovery and access of special collections materials and registering interest in unprocessed collections.