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Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biographical Note
Scope and Content
Processing Information
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Rudolf Friml papers
Creator:
Friml, Rudolf
Identifier/Call Number: PASC-M.0020
Physical Description:
152.5 Linear Feet
(305 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1905-1968
Abstract: 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.
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: Materials are in English.
Restrictions on Access
The majority of the collection is unprocessed. Please see
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Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Rudolf Friml Papers (Collection PASC-M 20). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Acquisition Information
Gift of the Composer, 1971 (Boxes 1-3)
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biographical Note
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.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of: scores and sketches, and ozalid reproductions of music for the stage and other compositions by
Friml; printed sheet music and scores of Friml's compositions; commercial and non-commercial sound recordings, including improvisations
by Friml at the piano; business and personal papers; and posters and ephemera relating to the composer's career.
The majority of the collection is in the midst of being processed. The finding aid will be updated periodically.
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. Business papers
- Series 2. Clippings
- Series 3. Correspondence
- Series 4. Written Music
- Series 5. Photographs
- Series 6. Posters
- Series 8. Sound recordings
- Series 10. Works: The Firefly
- Series 11. Works: The Vagabond King
- Series 12. Works: Prelude to Vatican City
- Series 14. Works: L'Amour Toujours
- Series 15. Works: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra III
- Series 16. Works: Oriental Fantasy
- Series 17. Works: Lord I'm Glad
- Series 18. Works: Scotch Archer's Song
- Series 19. Works: Faster and Faster
- Series 20. Works: Spirit of America
- Series 21. Programs and Playbills
- Series 22. Miscellaneous Paper Materials (unprocessed)
- Series 23. Scripts
- Series 24. Travel
- Series 27. Works: Rose Marie
- Series 28. Works: Mt. Matterhorn
- Series 29. Works: Friml Fantasy
- Series 30. Film
- Series 31. Death and Tributes
Processing Information
Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user
interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides
a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive
processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff and Peggy Alexander, February 2013.
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