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Hanns Eisler (6 July 1898 – 6 September 1962) was a German-Austrian composer. He is best known for composing the national anthem of East Germany , for his long artistic association with Bertolt Brecht , and for the scores he wrote for films.
Hanns Eisler (6 July 1898 – 6 September 1962) was an Austrian composer (his father was Austrian, and Eisler fought in a Hungarian regiment in World War I). He is best known for composing the...
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Hanns Eisler was born in Leipzig on 6 July 1898 and went to school in Vienna. After two years as a common soldier in the first world war, he became a student of Arnold Schoenberg in 1919, dedicating his Sonata for Piano op. 1 to his teacher in 1923.
Hanns Eisler (July 6, 1898 - September 6, 1962) was born in Germany, but his (Jewish) family moved to Vienna when Eisler was 3 years old, so by upbringing and training he was Austrian. In 1919, after a stint in the Austrian army during WW1, he started a four year period of study under Arnold Schoenberg, who thought very highly of him.
May 17, 2020 · Learn about the life and work of Hanns Eisler, a German composer and political activist, in this documentary from 1992. Watch interviews, archival footage and musical excerpts.
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Jun 27, 2018 · Hanns Eisler was a German composer and film music pioneer who collaborated with Bertolt Brecht and other left-wing artists. He fled Nazi Germany in 1933 and taught in the US and East Berlin, where he was deported in 1948.
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Learn about the life and music of Hanns Eisler, a composer who practised his politics through his art and faced persecution from Nazis and McCarthyists. Explore his works with Bertolt Brecht, his influence on modern music and his legacy.
