Rudolf Friml (1879-1972)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Rudolf Friml was a Czech-born American pianist and composer of popular songs and operettas. He studied music at the Prague conservatory and accompanied the violinist Jan Kubelik, performing both in Europe and America. Friml settled in New York as a composer in 1906. His best known works include The Firefly (1912), Katinka (1915), Rose Marie (1924), The Vagabond King (1925) and The Three Musketeers (1930). Amongst his songs Donkey Serenade and Indian Love Call. have since become evergreen standards. He was an active pianist well into his eighties until his death in Hollywood.

Websites:
	Rudolf Friml	Biography by wikipedia.org.
	DAHR: Rudolf Friml	List of 394 historic recordings from 1905 to 1951.

Rudolf Friml (1879-1972) has at least 23 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

Allah's Holiday
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Otto Harbach

Publisher:	G. Schirmer
Suppliers:
Printed: 1917.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

Bring Back My Blushing Rose
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Gene Buck

Publisher:	Harms Inc.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1921.	Sheet Music.

Bubble, The
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Otto Harbach

Publisher:	G. Schirmer
Suppliers:
Printed: 1913.	Sheet Music.

Chansonette
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Dailey Paskman, Sigmund Spaeth, Irving Caesar

Publisher:	G. Schirmer
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1923.	Sheet Music.

Donkey-Serenade The Firefly
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Co-Author: Herbert Stothart
Words by: Otto A. Harbach, Bob Wright

Publisher:	G. Schirmer
Suppliers:
Printed: 1937.	Sheet Music.

Etude - A Glee - Op. 85 Bis - No. 5
Music by: Rudolf Friml.

Publisher:	Arthur P. Schmidt & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1916.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

Evening Breeze
Music by: Rudolf Friml.

Publisher:	The Boston Music Co
Suppliers:
Printed: 1920.	Sheet Music.

Giannina Mia Italian Street Song
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Otto Harbach

Publisher:	G. Schirmer
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1912.	Sheet Music.

I Love You, Dear
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Al. M. Kendall

Publisher:	G. Schirmer
Suppliers:
Printed: 1918.	Sheet Music.

I Want the World to Know
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Gus Kahn

Publisher:	G. Schirmer
Suppliers:
Printed: 1937.	Sheet Music.

Indian Love Call
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein 2nd

Publisher:	Harms Inc.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1924.	Sheet Music 7 pages.

Katinka
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Otto Harbach

Publisher:	G. Schirmer
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1916.	Sheet Music 4 pages.

Ma Belle
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Clifford Grey

Publisher:	Harms Inc.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1928.	Sheet Music.

Moon Dawn
Music by: Rudolf Friml.

Publisher:	Theodore Presser Company
Suppliers:
Printed: 1923.	Sheet Music.

Only a Rose
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Brian Hooker

Publisher:	Famous Music Corp.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1925.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

Rackety Coo!
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Otto Hauerbach

Publisher:	G. Schirmer
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1915.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

Rose-Marie
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein 2nd

Publisher:	Harms Inc.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1924.	Sheet Music.

Some Day
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Brian Hooker

Publisher:	Famous Music Corp.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1925.	Sheet Music.

Song of the Vagabonds
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Brian Hooker

Publisher:	Henry Waterson Inc.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1925.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

Sympathy
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Otto A. Harbach, Gus Kahn

Publisher:	G. Schirmer
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1912.	Sheet Music.

Twilight
Music by: Rudolf Friml.

Publisher:	Arthur P. Schmidt & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1908.	Sheet Music.

Valse Christine
Music by: Rudolf Friml.

Publisher:	Theodore Presser Company
Suppliers:
Printed: 1923.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

When a Maid Comes Knocking at Your Heart
Music by: Rudolf Friml.
Words by: Otto Harbach

Publisher:	G. Schirmer
Suppliers:
Printed: 1912.	Sheet Music.

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Co-Author(s)	Performers	Issue


Sympathy (1913)	Harvey Hindermeyer Charlotte Kirwan	Edison Blue Amberol: 1717
The Bubble (1910)	Emory B. Randolph	Edison Blue Amberol: 2211
Cutie (1922)	Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra	Edison Blue Amberol: 4512
A Garden Matinee (1907)	Edison Concert Band	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9458
Katinka (1916)	W.V. Brunt	Edison Blue Amberol: 2889
Something Seems Tingle-Ingleing (1914)	W.V. Brunt	Edison Blue Amberol: 2404
Some Time - Act , No.6 (1919)	Charles Hart Leola Lucey	Edison Blue Amberol: 3695

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	Allah's Holiday (1915)		Denese Coulbeck
	Aloha (1930)		James Pitt-Payne
	Bring Back My Blushing Rose (1921)		James Pitt-Payne
	Brown Eyes (1926)		James Pitt-Payne
	Bubble (1913), The		Terry Smythe
	Chansonette (1923)		James Pitt-Payne
	Cutie (1921)		Unknown
	Giannina Mia (1912)		James Pitt-Payne
	High Jinks (1913)		Unknown

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


Indian Love Call (1925)	R. Friml	A. Case	Edison: 10287
Indian Love Call (1928)	R. Friml	Virginia Rea as Olive Palmer	Edison: 18972
Katinka - Selections (1930)	R. Friml	Della Baker Elsie West Baker Stanley Baughman Rose Bryant Helen Clark Frank Croxton Wilfred Glenn Emily Stokes Hagar Charles Harrison Lewis James Lucy Isabelle Marsh James Melton Lambert Murphy Gladys Rice Ruth Rodgers Elliott Shaw	Victor: CVE-58699
Rackety Coo! (1916)	R. Friml	Samuel Ash Grace Kerns as Grace Nash	Columbia: 46358
Some Time - Act No.6 (1918)	R. Friml	Charles Hart Leola Lucey	Edison: 6487
When a Maid Comes Knocking at Your Heart (1913)	R. Friml	Olive Kline	Victor: C-12907

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Brass Music CDs:
South Shore Circus Concert Band	Sounds of the Circus - Volume 24	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Jazz Music CDs:
Jack Teagarden	Time for T: Classic Big Band Recordings from the Swing Era
Peter Bocage	Peter Bocage with the Creole Serenaders
Ragtime Music CDs:
Various Artists	American Light Music Classics	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Allah's Holiday (1915)	R. Friml (music) Otto Harbach (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Allah's Holiday (1917)	R. Friml (music) Otto Harbach (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Aloha (1930)	R. Friml (music) J. Keirn Brennan (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Bring Back My Blushing Rose (1921)	R. Friml (music) G. Buck (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Brown Eyes (1926)	R. Friml (music) Otto Harbach (words) Oscar Hammerstein IInd (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Bubble (1913), The	R. Friml (music) Otto Harbach (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Chansonette (1923)	R. Friml (music) Dailey Paskman (words) Sigmund Spaeth (words) I. Caesar (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
⇑Cutie (1921)	R. Friml (music) Brian Hooker (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Firefly (1912), The	R. Friml (music) Otto A. Harbach (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Garden Matinee (1907), A	R. Friml (music)	Piano	IMSLP Indiana
Gavotte of the Masquerade (1918)	R. Friml (music)	Piano	Indiana	Pub.
Giannina Mia (1912)	R. Friml (music) Otto Harbach (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
High Jinks (1913)	R. Friml (music) Otto Hauerbach (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
I'm Lonely (1919)	R. Friml (music) Otto Harbach (words) Bide Dudley (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
In Love With Love (1923)	R. Friml (music) Dailey Paskman (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
⇑Indian Love Call (1924)	R. Friml (music) Otto Harbach (words) Oscar Hammerstein 2nd (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer IMSLP	Pub.
Katinka (1916)	R. Friml (music) Otto Harbach (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Love Is Like a Firefly (1912)	R. Friml (w&m) Otto Harbach [Hauerbach] (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Moon Dawn (1923)	R. Friml (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Music-Box Op. 69 (1910)	R. Friml (music)	Piano	SheetMusic Point	Pub.
Oh! What a Little Whopper (1919)	R. Friml (music) Otto Harbach (words) Bide Dudley (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
One Good Time (1923)	R. Friml (music) Edward Clark (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Only a Rose (1925)	R. Friml (music) Brian Hooker (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
⇑Rackety Coo! (1915)	R. Friml (music) Otto Hauerbach (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Rose-Marie (1924)	R. Friml (music) Otto Harbach (words) Oscar Hammerstein 2nd (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer	Pub.
Some Time (1919)	R. Friml (music) Rida Johnson Young (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Some Time - Act , No.6 (1918)	R. Friml (music) Rida Johnson Young (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Something Seems Tingle-Ingleing (1913)	R. Friml (music) Otto Hauerbach (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer	Pub.
Sympathy (1912)	R. Friml (music) Otto A. Harbach (words) G. Kahn (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Tommy Atkins (1915)	R. Friml (music) Otto Harbach (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Valse Lucille (1916)	R. Friml (music)	Piano	Indiana	Pub.
⇑Wedding Bells (1923)	R. Friml (music) Edward Clark (words)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
When a Maid Comes Knocking at Your Heart (1912)	R. Friml (music) Otto Harbach (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
You and I (1923)	R. Friml (music) Edward Clark (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
You're in Love (1917)	R. Friml (music) Otto Harbach (words) Edward Clark (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 111 works by Rudolf Friml (1879-1972). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

1901-1914

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Etude Fantastique	1901
Garden Matinee, A	1907	Edison Concert Band (perf.)
Twilight	1908		Pub.
Music-Box Op. 69	1910
Dawn of Love, The	1912	Otto Harbach (words)	Pub.
De Trop	1912	Otto Harbach (words)	Pub.
Firefly, The	1912	Otto A. Harbach (words)	Pub.
Giannina Mia	1912	Otto Harbach (words)	Pub.
In Sapphire Seas	1912	Arr. by Homer N Bartlett	Pub.
Love Is Like a Firefly (w&m)	1912	Otto Harbach [Hauerbach] (words) from "The Firefly"	Pub.
Sympathy	1912	Otto A. Harbach (words) Gus Kahn (words) Harvey Hindermeyer (perf.) Charlotte Kirwan (perf.) Jeanette MacDonald (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ When a Maid Comes Knocking at Your Heart	1912	Otto Harbach (words) Olive Kline (perf.) from "The Firefly"	Pub.
Bubble, The	1913	Otto Harbach (words) Emory B. Randolph (perf.)	Pub.
Butterfly Waltz	1913		Pub.
High Jinks	1913	Otto Hauerbach (words)	Pub.
Is This Love at Last?	1913	Otto Hauerbach (words)	Pub.
Jim	1913	Otto Hauerbach (words)	Pub.
Love's Own Kiss	1913	Otto Harbach [Hauerbach] (words)	Pub.
Something Seems Tingle-Ingleing	1913	Otto Hauerbach (words) Walter Van Brunt (perf.)	Pub.
And the Dream Comes True	1914	Herbert Reynolds (words) Harold Atteridge (words)
Flame of Love, The	1914	Harold Atteridge (words) Emma Trentini (perf.)	Pub.
Heart of a Rose	1914	Herbert Reynolds (words) Emma Trentini (perf.)	Pub.
Listen Dear	1914	Herbert Reynolds (words) Emma Trentini (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Love Is Like a Butterfly	1914	Herbert Reynold (words) Emma Trentini (perf.)	Pub.
Wanda	1914	Herbert Reynolds (words) Emma Trentini (perf.)	Pub.

1914-1918

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


When One You Love	1914	Harold Richard Atteridge (words) Emma Trentini (perf.)
Allah's Holiday	1915	Otto Harbach (words) From: "Katinka"
Rackety Coo!	1915	Otto Hauerbach (words) Samuel Ash (perf.) Grace Kerns as Grace Nash (perf.) from "Katinka"	Pub.
Tommy Atkins	1915	Otto Harbach (words)	Pub.
Buck Up!	1916	Otto Harbach (words) Edward Clark (words)	Pub.
Etude - A Glee - Op. 85 Bis - No. 5	1916
He Will Understand	1916	Otto Hauerbach (words) Edward Clark (words)	Pub.
Katinka	1916	Otto Harbach (words) Walter Van Brunt (perf.) from "Katinka"	Pub.
Keep Off the Grass!	1916	Otto Hauerbach (words)	Pub.
Love-Land	1916	Otto Hauerbach (words) Edward Clark (words)	Pub.
My Paradise	1916	Otto Harbach (words)
⇑ Valse Lucille	1916		Pub.
Boola Boo	1917
I'm Only Dreaming	1917	Otto Harbach (words) Edward Clark (words)	Pub.
We'll Drift Along	1917	Otto Hauerbach (words) Edward Clark (words)	Pub.
You're in Love	1917	Otto Harbach (words) Edward Clark (words)	Pub.
Beautiful Night	1918	Rida Johnson Young (words)	Pub.
Dearie	1918	Rida Johnson Young (words)	Pub.
Gavotte of the Masquerade	1918		Pub.
I Love You, Dear	1918	Al. M. Kendall (words)	Pub.
Keep on Smiling	1918	Rida Johnson Young (words)	Pub.
No One But You	1918	Rida Johnson Young (words)	Pub.
Picking Peaches	1918	Rida Johnson Young (words)	Pub.
⇑ So Undulating, So Fascinating	1918	Catherine Chisholm Cushing (words)	Pub.
Some Time - Act No.6	1918	Rida Johnson Young (words) Charles Hart (perf.) Leola Lucey (perf.) from "Sometime"	Pub.

1919-1924

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


I'm Lonely	1919	Otto Harbach (words) Bide Dudley (words)
I've Told My Love	1919	Otto Harbach (words)	Pub.
Oh! What a Little Whopper	1919	Otto Harbach (words) Bide Dudley (words)	Pub.
Some Time	1919	Rida Johnson Young (words)	Pub.
Dear Love, My Love	1920	Brian Hooke (words)
Evening Breeze	1920
Sweet Dreams	1920	Otto Harbach (words) Bide Dudley (words)	Pub.
Bring Back My Blushing Rose	1921	Gene Buck (words) from Ziegfield Follies 1921
Cutie	1921	Brian Hooker (words) Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra (perf.)	Pub.
L'amour, Toujours, L'amour	1922	Catherine C. Cushing (words)
Smoke Rings	1922	Otto Harbach (words) William Carey Duncan (words)	Pub.
⇑ Love Everlasting	1922c	Catherine Chisholm Cushing (words)
Chansonette	1923	Dailey Paskman (words) Sigmund Spaeth (words) Irving Caesar (words) P. Van Buren (perf.)	Pub.
Cinders	1923	Edward Clark (words) from "Cinders"	Pub.
In Love With Love	1923	Dailey Paskman (words)
Moon Dawn	1923
On Hawaiian Shores	1923	Edward Clark (words) from "Cinders"	Pub.
One Good Time	1923	Edward Clark (words) from "Cinders"	Pub.
Valse Christine	1923		Pub.
Wedding Bells	1923	Edward Clark (words) from "Cinders"	Pub.
You and I	1923	Edward Clark (words) from "Cinders"	Pub.
Door of Her Dreams, The	1924	Oscar Hammerstein (words) Otto Harbach (words)	Pub.
Door of My Dreams	1924	Herbert Stothart (co-author) Otto Harbach (words) Oscar Hammerstein 2nd (words)	Pub.
⇑ Indian Love Call	1924	Otto Harbach (words) Oscar Hammerstein 2nd (words) Anna Case (perf.) Nelson Eddy (perf.) Jeanette MacDonald (perf.) Rose Marie (perf.) Virginia Rea as Olive Palmer (perf.) From: "Rose-Marie"	Pub.
Lost World, The	1924	Harry Bache Smith (words) Arr. by Jeanne Gravelle	Pub.

1924-1930

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Mounties, The	1924	Herbert Stothart (co-author) Oscar Hammerstein (words) Otto Harbach (words)
On the Blue Lagoon With You	1924	Dailey Paskman (words)
Rose-Marie	1924	Otto Harbach (words) Oscar Hammerstein 2nd (words) Nelson Eddy (perf.) Jeanette MacDonald (perf.)	Pub.
Totem Tom Tom	1924	Herbert Stothart (co-author) Otto Harbach (words) Oscar Hammerstein 2nd (words)	Pub.
Why Shouldn't We	1924	Herbert Stothart (co-author) Otto Harbach (words) Oscar Hammerstein II (words)	Pub.
Love For Sale!	1925	Brian Hooker (words)
Only a Rose	1925	Brian Hooker (words) Kathryn Grayson (perf.) Dennis King (perf.) Jeanette MacDonald (perf.) Oreste (perf.) from "Vagabond King"
Some Day	1925	Brian Hooker (words)	Pub.
Song of the Vagabonds	1925	Brian Hooker (words)	Pub.
Brown Eyes	1926	Otto Harbach (words) Oscar Hammerstein IInd (words)
Florida, the Moon and You	1926	Gene Buck (words)	Pub.
⇑ No Foolin'	1926	James F. Hanley (co-author) Gene Buck (words) Irving Caesar (words)	Pub.
Vagabond King Waltz, The	1926	Brian Hooker (words)	Pub.
We'll Have a Kingdom	1926	Otto Harbach (words) Oscar Hammerstein II (words)	Pub.
Wild Rose, The	1926	Otto Harbach (words) Oscar Hammerstein II (words)	Pub.
Give Me One Hour	1928	Brian Hooker (words)
Love Is the Sun	1928	Clifford Grey (words)	Pub.
Ma Belle	1928	Clifford Grey (words)	Pub.
March of the Musketeers	1928	Clifford Grey (words) P.G. Wodehouse (words)	Pub.
Queen of My Heart	1928	Clifford Grey (words)	Pub.
Regimental Song	1928	Brian Hooker (words)	Pub.
White Eagle	1928	Brian. Hooker (co-author) Albert Barbelle (co-author) Edwin Milton Royle (co-author)	Pub.
Aloha	1930	J. Keirn Brennan (words)
⇑ I'll Follow the Trail	1930	J. Keirn Brennan (words)
Katinka - Selections	1930	Otto Harbach (words) Della Baker (perf.) Elsie West Baker (perf.) Stanley Baughman (perf.) Rose Bryant (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Frank Croxton (perf.) Wilfred Glenn (perf.) Emily Stokes Hagar (perf.) Charles Harrison (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Lucy Isabelle Marsh (perf.) James Melton (perf.) Lambert Murphy (perf.) Gladys Rice (perf.) Ruth Rodgers (perf.) Elliott Shaw (perf.)

1930-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Luana	1930	J. Keirn Brennan (words)
One Wonderful Night	1932
And Still I Love You	1933	Irving Caesar (words)
Annina	1934	Rowland Leigh (words) William Thiele (words) John Shubert (words)	Pub.
My Heart Is Yours	1934	Rowland Leigh (words) William Thiele (words) John Shubert (words)	Pub.
Donkey-Serenade	1937	Herbert Stothart (co-author) Otto A. Harbach (words) Bob Wright (words) Chet Forrest (words) Allan Jones (perf.) Jeanette MacDonald (perf.)	Pub.
He Who Loves and Runs Away	1937	Gus Kahn (words)	Pub.
I Want the World to Know	1937	Gus Kahn (words) Joan Fontaine (perf.) Nino Martini (perf.)	Pub.
Darling, Je Vous Adore	1952	Dailey Paskman (words)
Bon Jour	1956	Johnny Burke (words)
Marche Grotesque	?

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	R. Friml	Boola Boo (3:39)	Ragtime Dorian Henry