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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt5c60215z No online items Finding Aid for the Eric Zeisl Papers PASC-M.0029 Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff. The processing of this collection was generously supported by Arcadia funds. UCLA Library Special Collections Online finding aid last updated 2020 October 07. Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 [email protected] URL: https://www.library.ucla.edu/special-collections Finding Aid for the Eric Zeisl PASC-M.0029 1 Papers PASC-M.0029 Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections Title: Eric Zeisl papers Creator: Zeisl, Eric, 1905-1959 Identifier/Call Number: PASC-M.0029 Physical Description: 31 Linear Feet(62 boxes) Date (inclusive): 1862-1987 Date (bulk): 1925-1959 Abstract: Zeisl's music manuscripts, published scores, correspondence, documents, recordings, and other materials. 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: English . Conditions Governing Access Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements CONTAINS UNPROCESSED AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are not currently available for access and will require further processing and assessment. If you have questions about this material please email [email protected]. Conditions Governing 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], Eric Zeisl papers (Collection Number PASC 29-M). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. Acquisition Information Gift of Gertrude Zeisl, 1975. Gift of Barbara Zeisl Schoenberg. Processing Note 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 Library Special Collections staff. Additions to collection processed in 2010 by Nina Sholtz in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT). The processing of this collection was generously supported by Arcadia funds. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 6107219 Biography Zeisl was born in Vienna on May 18, 1905. A student of Richard Stöhr, Joseph Marx and Hugo Kauder, Zeisl achieved early recognition, publishing his first songs at the age of 16 and winning the Austrian State Prize in 1934 for the Requiem concertante (1933-1934). He was compelled to leave Austria and went first to Paris (1938) and then to the USA (1939). He moved from New York to Hollywood to work for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1941), then settled in Los Angeles and became professor of theory and composition at Los Angeles City College in 1949. His gifts for melody, orchestration and dramatic expression were first developed in the songs of his Austrian years. Evident in his other Austrian compositions are the variation techniques and contrapuntal textures that would become lifelong preoccupations. In the USA, where he produced roughly half of his output, he abandoned song in order to devote more attention to instrumental pieces, sacred music and especially dramatic works, which powerfully express his Jewish heritage. Throughout his career he derived his large forms principally from those of the Baroque and Classical periods, but after his emigration earlier Austro-German Romantic elements were replaced by a combination of soaring, cantillation-like melodies, modal harmonies, metric shifts, flexible rhythmic patterns and dark orchestral colours. Zeisl died in Los Angeles on Feb. 18, 1959. Finding Aid for the Eric Zeisl PASC-M.0029 2 Papers PASC-M.0029 Scope and Content The collection consists of Zeisl's music manuscripts, published scores, correspondence, documents, recordings, and other materials. It also includes correspondence and papers of the family of Gertrude Jellinek Zeisl, Eric Zeisl's wife. Arrangement The collection is organized into the following series: Series 1. Manuscripts Series 2. Miscellaneous Printed Material Series 3. Zeisl's Professional Library Series 4. Clippings and Programs Series 5. Correspondence and Family Papers Series 6. Photographic Material Series 7. Miscellaneous and Realia Series 8. Sound Recordings Subjects and Indexing Terms Composers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives. Zeisl, Eric, 1905-1959 Zeisl, Gertrude S. Manuscripts Series 1. Songs Subseries 1. box 3, folder 8 4 (Four) Songs for Soprano and Piano General Physical Description note: ozalid reproductions of holograph (2) Scope and Contents note also separate copy of "Before my window" (ozalid reproduction of holograph) box 63, folder 18 Abendstimmung General Physical Description note: Holograph box 3, folder 5 Arm Krautchen General Physical Description note: reproduction of copyist's score, 2 copies, 3 l. each box 4, folder 15 Arm Krautchen General Physical Description note: photocopy of holograph, photocopy of copyists edition, English translation of text box 63, folder 13 Arm Kräutchen General Physical Description note: Holograph box 63, folder 13 Arm Kräutchen General Physical Description note: Manuscript transparencies box 63, folder 18 Armseelchen General Physical Description note: Holograph box 62, folder 1 Aus der Hirtenflöte, "Meine Seele fliegt zu Dir" General Physical Description note: Holograph Finding Aid for the Eric Zeisl PASC-M.0029 3 Papers PASC-M.0029 Manuscripts Series 1. Songs Subseries 1. box 62, folder 1 Aus der Hirtenflöte, "Waldfrieden der Einsiedel, spielt leis auf seiner Fiedel" General Physical Description note: Manuscript copy box 62, folder 1 Aus der Hirtenflöte, "Warum weint am Uferrand" General Physical Description note: Holograph box 62, folder 1 Aus der Hirtenflöte, "Warum weint am Uferrand" General Physical Description note: Holograph (work copy) box 62, folder 1 Aus der Hirtenflöte, "Wenn der Abend leise kommt" General Physical Description note: Holograph box 63, folder 8 Before my window General Physical Description note: Manuscript transparencies General note Original title: Vor meinem Fenster (Sieben Lieder). box 63, folder 8 Before my window General Physical Description note: Copy made from manuscript transparencies General note Original title: Vor meinem Fenster (Sieben Lieder). box 63, folder 14 Berückung General Physical Description note: Holograph box 63, folder 14 Berückung General Physical Description note: Manuscript copy box 50, folder 12 Concerto for Cello and Orchestra General Physical Description note: Copy made from manuscript transparencies box 63, folder 11 Cradle Song(?) General Physical Description note: Manuscript transparencies box 63, folder 10 Cradle-Song (Lullaby) General Physical Description note: Manuscript transparencies box 63, folder 10 Cradle-Song (Lullaby) General Physical Description note: Copy made from manuscript transparencies box 63, folder 23 Das trunkene Lied General Physical Description note: Holograph box 63, folder 23 Das trunkene Lied General Physical Description note: Manuscript transparencies box 4, folder 16 Der Briefmark General Physical Description note: photocopy of holograph, photocopy of copyists edition, English translation of text box 3, folder 1 Der Fremdling General Physical Description note: Copyist's score, 4 l. Finding Aid for the Eric Zeisl PASC-M.0029 4 Papers PASC-M.0029 Manuscripts Series 1. Songs Subseries 1. box 4, folder 10 Der Fremdling General Physical Description note: photocopy of copyist's part box 4, folder 11 Der Fremdling General Physical Description note: photocopy of manuscript box 4, folder 11 Der Fremdling General Physical Description note: photocopy of manuscript box 63, folder 25 Der Fremdling General Physical Description note: Holograph box 63, folder 25 Der Fremdling General Physical Description note: Manuscript transparencies box 62, folder 3 Der Fromme General Physical Description note: Holograph Scope and Contents note Duet for Soprano and Baritone with piano accompaniment box 63, folder 18 Der schwere Abend General Physical Description note: Holograph box 63, folder 18 Der schwere Abend General Physical Description note: Manuscript copy, ink box 63, folder 2 Der Tag erwacht General Physical Description note: Holograph box 63, folder 2 Der Tag erwacht General Physical Description note: Manuscript copy (3 pages and title page) box 63, folder 2 Der Tag erwacht General Physical Description note: Manuscript copy (4 pages and title page) box 4, folder 5 Der Tod wird uns General Physical Description note: photocopy of copyist's score box 63, folder 3 Der Tod wird uns . General Physical Description note: Manuscript copy box 63, folder 3 Der Tod wird uns . General Physical Description note: Photo-reduction made from manuscript copy box 63, folder 3