Finding Aid for the Rudolf Friml Papers PASC-M.0020

Finding aid prepared by Caroline Cubé.

UCLA Library Special Collections

Online finding aid last updated 2007

Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575

Business Number: 310-825-4988

Fax Number: 310-206-1864

spec-coll@library.ucla.edu

URL: https://www.library.ucla.edu/special-collections

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 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.

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

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9942330473606533

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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box 1

[Folders 1-14.]

Scope and Contents note

Folder 1-14. See paper finder in Performing Arts Special Collections

box 2

[Folders 15-21, 16 is missing.]

Scope and Contents note

Folders 15-21, 16 is missing. See paper finder in Performing Arts Special Collections

box 3, folder 22

[Folder 22.]

Scope and Contents note

See paper finder in Performing Arts Special Collections.

box 3, folder 23

A. Professional copies of Friml's music.

Physical Description: 12 items.

box 3, folder 24

B-C. Professional copies of Friml's music.

Physical Description: 27 items.

box 3, folder 25

D-E. Professional copies of Friml's music.

Physical Description: 17 items.

box 3, folder 26

F-I. Professional copies of Friml's music.

Language of Material: 20 items.

box 3, folder 27

L-M. Professional copies of Friml's music.

Physical Description: 23 items.

box 3, folder 28

N-R. Professional copies of Friml's music.

Physical Description: 25 items.

box 3, folder 29

S-T. Professional copies of Friml's music.

Physical Description: 24 items.

box 3, folder 30

V. Professional copies of Friml's music.

Physical Description: 32 items.

box 3, folder 31

W. Professional copies of Friml's music.

Physical Description: 8 items.

Business papers Series 1.

Contracts Subseries 1.

box 57

Assorted Unprocessed Contracts

box 151

Assorted Unprocessed Contracts

box 153

Assorted Unprocessed Contracts

Friml Family Finances Subseries 2.

box 86

Assorted Unprocessed Financial Records

box 143

Assorted Unprocessed Financial Records

Royalties Subseries 3.

box 58

Assorted Unprocessed Royalties

box 68

Assorted Unprocessed Royalties

box 68

Assorted Unprocessed Royalty Statements

box 148

Assorted Unprocessed Royalties

Catalog Records Subseries 4.

box 80

Assorted Unprocessed Catalog Records

Clippings Series 2.

box 45

Assorted Unprocessed Clippings

box 72

Assorted Unprocessed Clippings

box 146

Assorted Unprocessed Clippings

box 184

Assorted Unprocessed Clippings

box 200

Assorted Unprocessed Clippings

box 258

Assorted Unprocessed Clippings

box 270

Assorted Unprocessed Clippings

box 271

Assorted Unprocessed Clippings

box 272

Assorted Unprocessed Clippings

box 274

Assorted Unprocessed Clippings

box 275

Assorted Unprocessed Clippings

box 277

Assorted Unprocessed Clippings

box 278

Assorted Unprocessed Clippings

box 280

Assorted Unprocessed Clippings

box 281

Assorted Unprocessed Clippings

box 291

Assorted Unprocessed Clippings

box 293

Assorted Unprocessed Clippings

box 297

Assorted Unprocessed Clippings

box 298

Assorted Unprocessed Clippings

Correspondence Series 3.

box 43

Assorted Unprocessed Correspondence

box 44

Assorted Unprocessed Correspondence

box 46

Assorted Unprocessed Correspondence

box 48

Assorted Unprocessed Correspondence

box 49

Assorted Unprocessed Correspondence

box 49

Assorted Unprocessed Correspondence

box 56

Assorted Unprocessed Correspondence

box 70

Assorted Unprocessed Correspondence

box 85

Assorted Unprocessed Correspondence

box 103

Assorted Unprocessed Correspondence

box 138

Assorted Unprocessed Correspondence

box 149

Assorted Unprocessed Correspondence

box 170

Assorted Unprocessed Correspondence

box 197

Assorted Unprocessed Correspondence

box 249

Assorted Unprocessed Correspondence

box 254

Assorted Unprocessed Correspondence

box 276

Assorted Unprocessed Correspondence

box 282

Assorted Unprocessed Correspondence

box 283

Assorted Unprocessed Correspondence

box 284

Assorted Unprocessed Correspondence

box 285

Assorted Unprocessed Correspondence

box 286

Assorted Unprocessed Correspondence

box 293

Assorted Unprocessed Correspondence

Written Music Series 4.

Manuscripts Subseries 1.

box 42