an opera, Landara, which premiered in 1956. Dedications Several composers dedicated their works to Zimbalist, including: František Drdla's Guitarrero Edvard Grieg's 4 Humoresques Victor Küzdő's Promenade Grotesque Cyril Scott's Tallahassee Willem Willeke's Chant Sans Paroles Public life Pablo Casals writes in his biography, Joys and Sorrows, that Zimbalist was a member of the 's Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy which Casals founded and chaired in 1936. Personal life Zimbalist married the famous American soprano Alma Gluck and they toured together for a time. Alma Gluck died in 1938. In 1943, having been a widower for five years, he married the Curtis Institute of Music's founder, Mary Louise Curtis Bok, daughter of publisher Cyrus Curtis and Louisa Knapp Curtis, and 14 years his senior. Although he continued to consider himself ethnically Jewish, he found himself attracted, along with his wife Alma, to Anglican Christianity, and they regularly attended the Episcopal Church in New Hartford. Efrem Jr. and Maria were both christened there, and the couple placed Efrem in an Episcopal boarding school in New Hampshire. Efrem Jr. later became active in evangelical circles and was one of the founders of Trinity Broadcasting Network. He died in 1985, at the age of 95. His and Alma's son, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., and their granddaughter, Stephanie Zimbalist, both became popular actors, primarily in television. Efrem Jr. portrayed Dandy Jim Buckley in Maverick opposite James Garner, and the lead characters in the television series 77 Sunset Strip and The FBI. Granddaughter Stephanie played the female lead in Remington Steele opposite Pierce Brosnan. References Further Efrem Zimbalist: A Life – by Roy Malan. Pompton Plains, NJ: Amadeus Press, 2004 Great Masters of the Violin – by Boris Schwarz. Simon and Schuster, 1983 External links Efram Zimbalist recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings Streaming audio of Efrem Zimbalist recordings from the National Jukebox at the Library of Congress 1889 births 1985 deaths Musicians from Rostov-on-Don People from Don Host Oblast Efrem Russian Jews Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States American people of Russian-Jewish descent Converts to Anglicanism from Judaism American classical violinists Male classical violinists American male violinists Curtis family Jewish American classical composers Jewish classical violinists Russian classical violinists American opera composers Male opera composers 20th-century classical composers American male classical composers American classical composers 20th-century classical violinists 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male musicians 20th-century American Episcopalians 20th-century American Jews