Rudolf Friml Collection, 1905-1968

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Rudolf Friml Collection, 1905-1968

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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.

ca. 200 boxes

University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6665509

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Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972

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Charles Rudolf Friml was born on Dec. 7, 1879 in Prague, Czechoslovakia; studied composition with Antonín Dvořák and piano with Josef Jiránek at the Prague Conservatory (1900-3); was accompanist for the violinist Jan Kubelík 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 a...