Zádor, Eugene, 1894-1977

Composed 1939.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Csardas rhapsody / by Eugene Zador. [1939?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 57344995

Zádor was born on Nov. 5, 1894 in Bátaszék, Hungary; studied under Richard Heuberger at the Vienna Conservatory (1911) and under Max Reger in Leipzig (1912-14); attended lectures given by Hermann Abert (1913-14) and Arnold Schering (1919-20) at the Univ. of Halle, and studied with Fritz Volbach at Münster Univ. (1920-21), where he took his doctorate; was invited to teach at the New Vienna Conservatory in 1921, and in 1934 he became an honorary teacher at the Budapest Academy of Music; he left Hungary in 1939, finally settling in Los Angeles; composed many operas and orchestral pieces, including the Hungarian caprice; wrote over 120 film scores for Hollywood; he died on Apr. 4, 1977.

From the description of Collection of music manuscripts, ca. 1955-1965. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 41598314