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Hanns Eisler
Eisler in 1940
Born(1898-07-06)6 July 1898
Leipzig, Saxony, German Empire
Died6 September 1962(1962-09-06) (aged 64)
East Berlin,
East Germany
OccupationComposer

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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Hanns Eisler Prize

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The Hanns Eisler Prize was an East-German music award, named after the composer Hanns Eisler. It was awarded by Radio DDR – with advisory participation...

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Bertolt Brecht

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Hauptmann & Kurt Weill and began a life-long collaboration with the composer Hanns Eisler. Immersed in Marxist thought during this period, he wrote didactic Lehrstücke...

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Eisler

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painter Gerhart Eisler, German journalist and politician Hanns Eisler, Austrian composer Jerzy Eisler, Polish historian Kim Isaac Eisler, American author...

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Ruth Fischer

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elder sister to noted film and concert composer Hanns Eisler and fellow communist activist Gerhart Eisler. She studied philosophy, economics and politics...

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Tank Battles

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Tank Battles: The Songs of Hanns Eisler is a solo album by German singer Dagmar Krause released by Island Records in 1988. It is a collection of 26 songs...

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Gruppe Neue Musik Hanns Eisler

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Gruppe Neue Musik Hanns Eisler was an ensemble of musicians founded in 1970 in Leipzig with a focus on contemporary classical music, which played several...

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Alexander Gadjiev

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University Salzburg under Pavel Gililov and the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin under Eldar Nebolsin. He won first prize at the Hamamatsu International...

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Arnold Schoenberg

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teacher of composition; his students included Alban Berg, Anton Webern, Hanns Eisler, Egon Wellesz, Nikos Skalkottas and later John Cage, Lou Harrison, Earl...

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Gerhart Eisler

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brother was the leftist composer Hanns Eisler and his sister was Communist activist Ruth Fischer. In November 1918, Eisler returned from the front of World...

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Antje Weithaas

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States. Born in Guben, Weithaas studied at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin. In 1987 she won the Kreisler-Wettbewerb in Graz, in 1988...

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Einheitsfrontlied

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German labour movement. It was written by Bertolt Brecht and composed by Hanns Eisler. The best-known rendition was sung by Ernst Busch. After Adolf Hitler's...

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Dagmar Krause

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also noted for her coverage of songs by Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill and Hanns Eisler. Her unusual singing style makes her voice instantly recognisable and...

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Der heimliche Aufmarsch

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The most famous version is the 1938 remake with a new arrangement by Hanns Eisler, which can be heard at Communist Party rallies from that point forward...

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Auferstanden aus Ruinen

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the lyrics. Two musicians, Ottmar Gerster and Hanns Eisler, proposed music to Becher's lyrics, and Eisler's version was selected. Written in 1949, the East...

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East Germany

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the National Anthem of the GDR is by Johannes R. Becher, the melody by Hanns Eisler. From the beginning of the 1970s to the end of 1989, however, the text...

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Fatma Said

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got accepted to study classical singing at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin where she received her Bachelor of Music in 2013 and Master of...

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Kinderhymne

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Hymn) is a poem by Bertolt Brecht, written in 1950 and set to music by Hanns Eisler in the same year. The hymn was Brecht's response to the "Deutschlandlied"...

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Rainer Seegers

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Union Youth Orchestra and guest professor at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler". Seegers is also a timpani soloist who has championed the unusual repertoire...

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Georg Eisler

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Georg Eisler (20 April 1928, Vienna – 15 January 1998, Vienna) was an Austrian painter from the school of Oskar Kokoschka. His father Hanns Eisler was a...

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Michael Sanderling

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The 17-year-old Sanderling was accepted at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin and studied with Josef Schwab. He took further lessons with William...

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Mahani Teave

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University and studied music at the Cleveland Institute of Music and Hanns Eisler Music Academy (where she received the Konrad Adenauer Fellowship). Teave...

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