Walter Jurmann Collection, 1910-1988

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Walter Jurmann Collection, 1910-1988

Collection consists of material related to career of the composer Walter Jurmann. The bulk of the collection was collected by Yvonne Jurmann after the composer's death in 1971 and includes songs from European and American films, other popular songs, newspaper and journal articles, holographs of songs and lyrics, correspondence, business papers, and photographs. Also includes the complete piano-vocal score for Windy city.

12 boxes; (6 linear ft.)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6656403

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Jurmann, Walter, 1903-1971

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Jurmann was born in Vienna, Austria, Oct. 12, 1903; began working with lyricist, Fritz Rotter in Semmering; moved to Berlin (1927) and worked as a pianist at the Eden hotel; that same year he and Rotter had their first collaborative effort with Was weisst denn Du, wie ich verliebt bin; started his prolific collaboration with Polish composer, Bronislaw Kaper (1931) sometimes using the pseudonyms, Bob Hander or Henders, Erich Walter Schmidt, and Caspar Paolo; Jurmann and Kaper became involved with...