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Jul 11, 2003 · THE German composer Hanns Eisler wrote music of terse expressiveness, sharp wit and often immaculate craftsmanship.
Oct 25, 2018 · The composer Hanns Eisler was once called “the Karl Marx of Communism in the musical field” by House of Un-American Activities chief investigator Robert Stripling. That description might be an...
Marxist composer Hanns Eisler spent his life practising his politics through music. Despite the dangerous political implications of doing so, Eisler stayed true to his Communist ideals, fleeing Nazi Germany in the 1930s and America in the 1940s.
Hanns Eisler. 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, a German-born composer, formed his own theories of film music, based on empirical experience composing in this medium. His published findings recommended short musical forms in a film context, the composer’s conscious awareness of the film’s realistic sound element (the “where” and “when”…. Read More.
Austrian composer Hanns Eisler who had risen to prominence as a significant composer during the Weimar … In the 1930s, with the rise of Nazism, many artists in Europe had to flee their homelands and sought refuge in the United States.
This chapter examines the career of film music composer Hanns Eisler. It explains that Eisler wrote music for films in virtually every year of his adult life and has covered more cultural and political ground than any prominent composer in the twentieth century.
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