Biography
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 guide to the Eugene Zador Collection of music manuscripts, ca. 1955-1965, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections)
