Hanns Eisler
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1898
- Died
- 1962
- Works
- 66
Top works
- Eine Auswahl von Reden und Aufsätzen
- Briefe, 1944-1951
- Musik und Politik
- Gesammelte Werke, Serie III
- Aufbau einer Rolle
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Film & TV
Sound · Leipzig, Germany
Hanns Eisler (1898–1962) 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. Because of his Jewish background and his communist convictions, Eisler was in exile during the 1930s and 1940s.
Known for
- Chaplin Today: Monsieur Verdoux — Self (archive footage)2003
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- Listeners
- 21,682
- Total plays
- 289,786
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Hanns Eisler (July 6, 1898 - September 6, 1962) was a German and Austrian composer, a committed socialist, a lifelong collaborator with Bertolt Brecht, and the greatest lieder composer of the 20th century. He was born in Leipzig where his Jewish father, Rudolf Eisler, was a professor of philosophy. In Vienna he studied under Arnold Schoenberg, and was the first of Schoenberg's disciples to compose using the twelve-tone or serial technique. In 1925 Eisler moved to Berlin—then a hothouse of expe
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1898-07-06 ) 6 July 1898, Leipzig , Saxony, German Empire
- Died
- 6 September 1962 (1962-09-06) (aged 64), East Berlin , East Germany
- Occupation
- Composer
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Key dates
- Born
- 6 June 1898
- Died
- 6 September 1962
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Democratic Republic
- Place of birth
- Leipzig
- Place of death
- East Berlin
- Child
- Georg Eisler
- Father
- Rudolf Eisler
- Sibling
- Ruth Fischer
- Occupation
- musician
Article
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. The Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin is named after him.
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