University of Wyoming
Alexander Laszlo's musical recordings -- Phonograph records -- 33 1/3 rpm.
Alexander Laszlo's musical recordings -- Phonograph records -- 78 rpm.
Alexander Laszlo (1895-1970) was a composer during the twentieth century. Born in Budapest, Hungary, Laszlo immigrated to the United States in 1938. He composed soundtracks for numerous popular motion pictures between the 1920s and 1940s, including "Charlie Chan and the Chinese Cat" (1944), "Scared Stiff" (1945), and "Yankee Fakir" (1947). Laszlo also composed music for a number of popular television shows during the 1950s, including "Rocky Jones, Space Ranger" (1954). Between the 1940s and 1960s, he compiled two collections of his recycled musical themes and cues, "Structural Music" and "Guild Publications of California", both of which were heavily used in the radio, television, and motion picture industries. In addition to his work in motion pictures and television, Laszlo composed a number of popular orchestral pieces between the 1940s and 1960s, including "Improvisations on Oh Susannah!", "Mechanized Forces", "Mana Hawa ii", and "Pacific Triptych". He was also the inventor of the Color Light Music, a projection machine that coordinated color with music.
Collection contains Alexander Laszlo's scores (originals and copies) of his motion picture soundtracks (including "Charlie Chan and the Chinese Cat", "Scared Stiff", and "Yankee Fakir") and television soundtracks (including "Rocky Jones, Space Ranger"). Collection also contains Laszlo's scores (originals and copies) for his musical theme and cue compilations ("Structural Music" and "Guild Publications of California") and orchestral pieces (including "Improvisations on Oh Susannah!", "Mechanized Forces", "Mana Hawaii", and "Pacific Triptych"). Numerous 33 1/3 rpm and 78 rpm phonograph records of music recorded by Laszlo (including U.S. Armed Forces Radio versions of "Structural Music" and "Guild Publications of California"), two reel to reel audio tapes of "Mana Hawaii", one 16 mm motion picture film "Quest for Tahiti", blueprints of Laszlo's Color Light Music machine, and a handful of programs and bulletins concerning Laszlo's musical per formances are in this collection as well.
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There is one other known Alexander Laszlo Collection preserved at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.
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