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Hanns Eisler
Born: July 6, 1898; Leipzig, Germany   Died: September 6, 1962; Berlin, Germany  
One of the most original and prolific composers of the twentieth century, Eisler proved that expressing humanistic and political concerns does not necessarily lead to musical banalities, but can achieve his stated aesthetic ideal of "freshness, intelligence, strength and elegance" (as opposed to "bombast, sentimentality and mysticism").

Eisler's family could not afford a piano, so he learned music from books and scores, an activity he
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Release Date: 11/10/1998   Label: Decca   Catalog: 460582   Number of Discs: 1
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400 Millionen: Scherzo for Violin and Orchestra (2)
Abortion Is Illegal (2)
An den deutschen Mond (1)
An den kleinen Radioapparat (5)
An den Schlaf (3)
An die Nachgeborenen (1)
An die Überlebenden (1)
Anakreon-Fragmente (5) (3)
Andere die Welt, sie braucht es (1)
Auf den Strassen zu singen, Op. 15 (1)
Auf der Flucht (4)
Ballade vom der Billigung der Welt, Op. 42 (1)
Ballade vom Weib und dem Soldaten, Op. 39 (4)
Ballads (4), Op. 22: no 1, Ballade von den Baumwollpflückern (1)
Ballads (4), Op. 22: no 2, Ballade von der Wohltätigkeit (2)
Ballads (4), Op. 22: no 3, Lied der Bergarbeiter (1)
Ballads (4), Op. 22: no 4, Ballade von den Säckeschmeissern (2)
Ballads (4), Op. 41: Das Lied vom SA-Mann (1)
Ballads (6), Op. 18: no 6, Ballade vom Nigger Jim (2)
Bankenlied, Op 48 no 1 (1)
Bettellied (1)
Bilder aus der "Kriegsfibel" (1)
Bügerliche Wohltätigkeit (1)
Canons (9) for Mixed Choir, Op. 99: Excerpt(s) (1)
Choruses (2) for Male Voices, Op 14 (1)
Choruses (2) for Male Voices, Op 17 (1)
Choruses (2) for Male Voices, Op 35 (1)
Choruses (3) for Male Voices Op. 10 (1)
Couplet für die Bier-Abteilung (1)
Das deutsche Miserere (3)
Das Vorbild (1)
Das Vorbild: Fugue (2)
Der Butterräuber von Halberstadt (1)
Der Graben (2)
Der Held der westlichen Welt (1)
Der Kirschdieb (2)
Der Mensch (2)
Der Pflaumenbaum (1)
Der Räuber und sein Knecht (1)
Der Schatzgräber (2)
Der Sohn (2)
Der Zweck der Musik (1)
Deutsche Sinfonie, Op. 50 (4)
Deutsche Sinfonie, Op. 50: Allegro (1)
Deutsche Sinfonie, Op. 50: Etude no 2 "Allegretto ma non troppo" (1)
Deutsche Sinfonie, Op. 50: Präludium (1)
Deutsches Lied 1937 "Marie weine nicht" (1)
Dictator's Song (1)
Die Flucht (2)
Die Gesichte der Simone Machard: Der zweite Traum (1)
Die Gesichte der Simone Machard: Lied der Simone (1)
Die haltbare Graugans (1)
Die Heimkehr (2)
Die Hollywood-Elegien (8): Excerpt(s) (2)
Die Hollywood-Elegien (8): no 1, Unter den grünen pfefferbäumen (4)
Die Hollywood-Elegien (8): no 2, Die Stadt ist nach den Engeln genannt (4)
Die Hollywood-Elegien (8): no 3, Jeden morgen, mein Brot zu verdienen (4)
Die Hollywood-Elegien (8): no 4, Diese Stadt hat mich belehrt "Hollywood" (4)
Die Hollywood-Elegien (8): no 5, In den Hügeln wird Gold gefunden (3)
Die Hollywood-Elegien (8): no 6, The Rat Men (3)
Die Hollywood-Elegien (8): no 7, I saw many friends "The Swamp" (4)
Die Hollywood-Elegien (8): no 8, Uber die vier Stadte (1)
Die Landschaft des Exils (3)
Die letzte Elegie (4)
Die Maske des Bösen (7)
Die Massnahme, Op. 20: Song von Angebot und Nachfrage (1)
Die Massnahme, Op. 20: Ändere die Welt, sie braucht es (2)
Die Mutter, Op. 25 (1)
Die Mutter, Op. 25: Bericht vom 1 Mai (1)
Die Mutter, Op. 25: Das Lied von der Suppe (1)
Die Mutter, Op. 25: Der zerissene Rock (1)
Die Mutter, Op. 25: Grabrede über einen Genossen... (2)
Die Mutter, Op. 25: Im Gefängnis zu singen (1)
Die Mutter, Op. 25: Lob der Dialektik (1)
Die Mutter, Op. 25: Lob der dritten Sache (1)
Die Mutter, Op. 25: Lob der Wlassowas (1)
Die Mutter, Op. 25: Lob des Kommunismus (1)
Die Mutter, Op. 25: Lob des Lernens (1)
Die Mutter, Op. 25: Lob eines Revolutionärs (1)
Die Mutter, Op. 25: Steh auf (1)
Die Mutter, Op. 25: Wie die Krähe (1)
Die Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe, Op. 45: Das "Vielleicht"-Lied (1)
Die Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe, Op. 45: Das Lied von der Tünche (1)
Die Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe, Op. 45: Die Ballade vom Knopfwurf (1)
Die Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe, Op. 45: Die Ballade vom Waserrad (1)
Die Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe, Op. 45: Kuppellied (4)
Die Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe, Op. 45: Lied eines Freudenmädchens (3)
Die Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe, Op. 45: Lied von der belebenden Wirkung des Geldes (3)
Die Tage der Commune: Excerpt(s) (1)
Die Tage der Commune: Margot ging auf den Markt heut früh (1)
Die Tage der Commune: Ostern ist Bal sur Seine (1)
Die Tage der Commune: Resolution (1)
Die Teppichweber von Kujan-Bulak (2)
Divertimento for Wind Quintet, Op. 4 (2)
Divertimento for Wind Quintet, Op. 4: no 1, Andante con moto (1)
Divertimento for Wind Quintet, Op. 4: no 2, Theme and Variations (1)
Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7 (2)
Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7: 1st movement, Tempo di Menuetto (1)
Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7: 2nd movement, Allegretto vivace (1)
Early Piano Pieces (5) (1)
Einheitsfrontlied (1)
Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit (1)
Elegie 1939 (3)
Elegies (2) for Voice and Piano (2)
Epitaph auf einen in der Flandernschlacht Gefallenen (2)
Erinnerung an Eichendorff und Schumann (4)
Ernste Gesänge (3)
Es geht eine dunkle Wolk' herein (1)
Fein schmeckt uns der Wein (1)
Freedom Song (1)
Frühling (4)
Fugue for Piano in B flat major (2)
Fugue for Piano in G minor (2)
Galgenlieder (6) (1)
Gedenktafel für 4000 Soldaten, die im Krieg gegen Norwegen versenkt wurden (4)
Gegen den Krieg, Op. 51 (2)
Glückliche Fahrt (1)
Goethe Rhapsodie: Part 2 (1)
Goethe-Fragment (Von Wolken streifenhaft befangen"), for voice & piano (1)
Hast am Feldrain geblüht, lieber Birnbaum (1)
Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti: Ala die Pflaumen reif geworden (1)
Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti: Das Puntila-Lied (1)
Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti: Die Gräfin und der Förster (1)
Heute zwischen Gestern und Morgen (1)
Hotelzimmer 1942 (4)
Hölderlin-Fragmente (6) (3)
Hölderlin-Fragmente (6): no 1, An die Hoffnung (4)
Hölderlin-Fragmente (6): no 2, Andenken (3)
Hölderlin-Fragmente (6): no 3, Elegie 1943 (3)
Hölderlin-Fragmente (6): no 4, Die Heimat (1)
Hölderlin-Fragmente (6): no 5, An eine Stadt (1)
Hölderlin-Fragmente (6): no 6, Erinnerung (1)
Ideal und Wirklichkeit (1)
Im Blumengarten (1)
In den Weiden (4)
In der frühe (3)
In die Städte kam ich (1)
In Sturmesnacht (1)
It's one, two, three (1)
Kammerkantate no 1 "Die Gott-sei-bei-uns-Kantate" (1)
Kammerkantate no 2 "Die Weissbrotkantate" (2)
Kammerkantate no 3 "Die römische Kantate" (1)
Kammerkantate no 4 "Man lebt vom einen Tage zu dem andern" (1)
Kammerkantate no 5 "Kriegskantate" (1)
Kammerkantate no 6 "Nein" (1)
Kammerkantate no 7 "Die den Mund auf hatten" (1)
Kammerkantate no 8 "Kantate auf den Tod eines Genossen" (2)
Kammerkantate no 9 "Zuchthauskantate" (1)
Kammersinfonie, Op. 69 (4)
Keiner Oder Alle (1)
Kinderlieder (3) for Voice and Viola (1)
Kleine Sinfonie, Op. 29 (3)
Kleine Sinfonie, Op. 29: 1st movement, Theme and Variations (1)
Kleine Sinfonie, Op. 29: 2nd movement, Allegro assai (1)
Kleine Sinfonie, Op. 29: 3rd movement, Invention (1)
Kleine Sinfonie, Op. 29: 4th movement, Allegro (1)
Kuhle Wampe, Op. 27: Ballade von der "Judenhure" Marie Sander (6)
Kuhle Wampe, Op. 27: Das Frühjahr (2)
Kuhle Wampe, Op. 27: Mutter Beimlein (3)
Kuhle Wampe, Op. 27: O Falladah, die du hangest! (2)
Kuhle Wampe, Op. 27: Solidaritätslied (4)
Küssen ist keine Sünd (1)
L'automne californien (2)
Lenin (2)
Lied einer deutschen Mutter (6)
Lied vom kriegrischen Lehrer (1)
Lied(er) (1)
Lieder (2) (1)
Lieder (6), Op. 2 (1)
Lieder (6), Op. 28: no 6, Stempellied (1)
Lustig Ecke (1)
Mitte des Jahrhunderts (1)
Monolog des Horatio (2)
Movements for Nonet "The Forgotten Village": no 1, Allegro-Allegretto-Andante (1)
Movements for Nonet "The Forgotten Village": no 2, Maestoso-Allegretto (1)
Movements for Nonet "The Forgotten Village": no 3, Allegro (1)
Movements for Nonet "The Forgotten Village": no 4, Quasi Rezitativo "Moderato" (1)
Movements for Nonet "The Forgotten Village": no 5, Presto-Andante-Con moto (1)
Movements for Nonet "The Forgotten Village": no 6, Allegro moderato (1)
Movements for Nonet "The Forgotten Village": no 7, Presto-Energico, alla marcia (1)
National Anthem of the DDR (1)
Neue deutsche Volkslieder (18): Excerpt(s) (1)
Nonet no 1 (2)
Nonet no 2: no 1, Allegretto molto (1)
Nonet no 2: no 1a, Andante l'istesso (1)
Nonet no 2: no 2, Allegro (1)
Nonet no 2: no 3, Allegretto (1)
Nonet no 2: no 4, Allegretto (1)
Nonet no 2: no 5, Largo (1)
Nonet no 2: no 6, Andante (1)
Nonet no 2: no 7, Comodo (1)
Nonet no 2: no 8, Marcia funèbre a la Mexicana (1)
Nonet no 2: no 9, Finale "Allegro spirito" (1)
O Fallada, da du hangest (1)
Ostersonntag (3)
Overture for 2 Pianos "Die Mutter" (1)
Overture for 2 Pianos "No more peace" (2)
Overture to a Comedy (1)
Palmström, Op. 5 (1)
Panzerschlacht (2)
Pete Roleum and his Cousins: Considering Everything (1)
Piano Pieces for Children, Op. 31 (1)
Piano Pieces for Children, Op. 31: no 1, Variations - Coda (1)
Piano Pieces for Children, Op. 31: no 1, Variations - Theme (1)
Piano Pieces for Children, Op. 31: no 1, Variations - Variation no 1 (1)
Piano Pieces for Children, Op. 31: no 1, Variations - Variation no 2 (1)
Piano Pieces for Children, Op. 31: no 1, Variations - Variation no 3, Larghetto (1)
Piano Pieces for Children, Op. 31: no 1, Variations - Variation no 4, March (1)
Piano Pieces for Children, Op. 31: no 1, Variations - Variation no 5 (1)
Piano Pieces for Children, Op. 31: no 1, Variations - Variation no 6, Ruhig, Fliessend (1)
Piano Pieces for Children, Op. 31: no 1, Variations - Variation no 7 (1)
Piano Pieces for Children, Op. 31: no 1, Variations - Variation no 7, Dasselbe tempo (1)
Piano Pieces for Children, Op. 31: no 1, Variations - Variation no 8 (1)
Piano Pieces for Children, Op. 31: no 2, Pieces (7) - no 1, Allegretto (1)
Piano Pieces for Children, Op. 31: no 2, Pieces (7) - no 2, March (1)
Piano Pieces for Children, Op. 31: no 2, Pieces (7) - no 3, Andantino (1)
Piano Pieces for Children, Op. 31: no 2, Pieces (7) - no 4, Prelude no 1 "Allegretto" (1)
Piano Pieces for Children, Op. 31: no 2, Pieces (7) - no 5, Prelude no 2 "Andante" (1)
Piano Pieces for Children, Op. 31: no 2, Pieces (7) - no 6, Fughetta "Andante" (1)
Piano Pieces for Children, Op. 31: no 2, Pieces (7) - no 7, Scherzo (1)
Pieces (2) for Male Voices, Op 19 (1)
Pieces (2) for Mixed Voices, Op 21 (1)
Pieces (3) for Orchestra (2)
Pieces (4) for Mixed Choir, Op. 13 (2)
Pieces (4) for Piano, Op. 3 (3)
Pieces (4) for Piano, Op. 3: no 1, Andante con moto (2)
Pieces (4) for Piano, Op. 3: no 2, Allegro molto (1)
Pieces (4) for Piano, Op. 3: no 3, Andante (1)
Pieces (4) for Piano, Op. 3: no 4, Allegretto (1)
Pieces (5) for Orchestra (4)
Pieces (5) for Orchestra: no 1, Andante (1)
Pieces (5) for Orchestra: no 2, Allegro (1)
Pieces (5) for Orchestra: no 3, Kleine Passacaglia (1)
Pieces (5) for Orchestra: no 4, Presto (1)
Pieces (5) for Orchestra: no 5, Finale "Improvisation" (1)
Pieces (7) for Piano, Op. 32: no 1 (1)
Pieces (7) for Piano, Op. 32: no 1, Invention (1)
Pieces (7) for Piano, Op. 32: no 2 (2)
Pieces (7) for Piano, Op. 32: no 2, Allegretto (1)
Pieces (7) for Piano, Op. 32: no 3, Allegro moderato (1)
Pieces (7) for Piano, Op. 32: no 4, Chaconne "Andante con moto" (1)
Pieces (7) for Piano, Op. 32: no 5 (1)
Pieces (7) for Piano, Op. 32: no 5, Allegretto scherzando (1)
Pieces (7) for Piano, Op. 32: no 6 (1)
Pieces (7) for Piano, Op. 32: no 6, Andante con moto (1)
Pieces (7) for Piano, Op. 32: no 7, Rondo "Allegretto" (1)
Pieces (8) for Piano, Op. 8 (1)
Pieces (8) for Piano, Op. 8: no 1, Allegretto (1)
Pieces (8) for Piano, Op. 8: no 2, Kräftig, energisch (1)
Pieces (8) for Piano, Op. 8: no 3, Theme and Variations "Gemütlich" (1)
Pieces (8) for Piano, Op. 8: no 4, Allegro con fuoco (1)
Pieces (8) for Piano, Op. 8: no 5, Poco allegretto grazioso (1)
Pieces (8) for Piano, Op. 8: no 6, Hastig, aufgeregt (1)
Pieces (8) for Piano, Op. 8: no 7, Andante (1)
Pieces (8) for Piano, Op. 8: no 8, Allegro (1)
Prelude and Fugue for String Trio on the name of BACH, Op. 46 (3)
Quartet for Strings, Op. 75 (2)
Quartet for Strings, Op. 75: 1st movement, Variations (1)
Quartet for Strings, Op. 75: 2nd movement, Finale (1)
Rimbaud-Gedicht (1)
Scherzo for String Trio (2)
Schweyk im Zweiten Weltkrieg: Auswahl (1)
Schweyk im Zweiten Weltkrieg: Ballade vom Wasserrad (1)
Schweyk im Zweiten Weltkrieg: Das Lied vom Kelch (1)
Schweyk im Zweiten Weltkrieg: Das Lied vom kleinen Wind (1)
Schweyk im Zweiten Weltkrieg: Das Lied von der Moldau (3)
Schweyk im Zweiten Weltkrieg: Un was bekam des Soldaten Weib (1)
Septet no 1, Op. 92a (1)
Septet no 2 "Zirkus" (2)
Septet no 2 "Zirkus": no 1, Allegretto (1)
Septet no 2 "Zirkus": no 2, Con moto (1)
Septet no 2 "Zirkus": no 3, Andante (1)
Septet no 2 "Zirkus": no 4, Allegretto (1)
Septet no 2 "Zirkus": no 5, Allegretto (1)
Septet no 2 "Zirkus": no 6, Finale (1)
Shakespeare Sonett no 66 (1)
Sonata for Flute, Oboe and Harp, Op. 49 (2)
Sonata for Piano no 1, Op. 1 (3)
Sonata for Piano no 1, Op. 1: 1st movement, Allegro (1)
Sonata for Piano no 1, Op. 1: 2nd movement, Intermezzo "Andante con moto" (1)
Sonata for Piano no 1, Op. 1: 3rd movement, Finale "Allegro" (1)
Sonata for Piano no 2, Op. 6 (2)
Sonata for Piano no 3 (1)
Sonata for Piano no 3: 1st movement, Quarter note = 96 (1)
Sonata for Piano no 3: 2nd movement, Adagio (1)
Sonata for Piano no 3: 3rd movement, Allegro con spirito (1)
Sonata for Piano no 3: Satz (1)
Sonata for Violin and Piano "Journey" (2)
Sonata for Violin and Piano "Journey": 1st movement, Con spirito (1)
Sonata for Violin and Piano "Journey": 2nd movement, Intermezzo "Andante semplice" (1)
Sonata for Violin and Piano "Journey": 3rd movement, Allegro con spirito (1)
Sonatine for Piano, Op. 44 "Gradus ad Parnassum" (1)
Sonatine for Piano, Op. 44 "Gradus ad Parnassum": 1st movement, Andante (1)
Sonatine for Piano, Op. 44 "Gradus ad Parnassum": 2nd movement, Allegretto scherzando (1)
Sonatine for Piano, Op. 44 "Gradus ad Parnassum": 3rd movement, Larghetto (1)
Sonatine for Piano, Op. 44 "Gradus ad Parnassum": 4th movement, Allegro comodo (1)
Sonett über Goethes Gedicht: Der Gott und die Bajadere (1)
Sonett über Schillers Gedicht: Die Bürgschaft (1)
Song Of Light (1)
Song of the United Front (2)
Songs (2) after Blaise Pascal (3)
Songs (2) after Blaise Pascal: Despite these miseries (1)
Songs (2) after Blaise Pascal: The only thing (1)
Songs (5) for Kindergarten (1)
Spanisches Liedchen (1)
Speisekammer 1942 (2)
Spruch (4)
Spruch 1939 (4)
Stücke (2), Op. 21: no 1, Litanei vom Hauch (1)
Suite for Orchestra "Storm" (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 1, Op. 23 (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 1, Op. 23: no 1, Prelude "alla Passacaglia" (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 1, Op. 23: no 2, Unterhaltungsmusik no 1 "Intermezzo" (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 1, Op. 23: no 3, Unterhaltungsmusik no 2 (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 1, Op. 23: no 4, Hörfleissübung "Allegro energico" (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 2, Op. 24 "Niemandslied" (2)
Suite for Orchestra no 2, Op. 24 "Niemandslied": no 1, Prelude (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 2, Op. 24 "Niemandslied": no 2, Capriccio on a Jewish folksong (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 2, Op. 24 "Niemandslied": no 3, Andante (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 2, Op. 24 "Niemandslied": no 4, Tempo di Marcia (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 3, Op. 26 "Kuhle Wampe" (2)
Suite for Orchestra no 3, Op. 26 "Kuhle Wampe": no 1, Prelude (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 3, Op. 26 "Kuhle Wampe": no 2, Intermezzo (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 3, Op. 26 "Kuhle Wampe": no 3, Rondo (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 3, Op. 26 "Kuhle Wampe": no 4, Die Fabriken (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 4, Op. 30 "Die Jugend hat das Wort" (2)
Suite for Orchestra no 4, Op. 30 "Die Jugend hat das Wort": no 3, March (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 4, Op. 30 "Die Jugend hat das Wort": no 4, Finale "Grave-Pesante-Allegro" (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 5, Op. 35 "Dans les rues" (2)
Suite for Orchestra no 5, Op. 35 "Dans les rues": no 1, Prelude "Larghetto" (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 5, Op. 35 "Dans les rues": no 2, Intermezzo (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 5, Op. 35 "Dans les rues": no 3, Theme and Variations no 1 "Larghetto" (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 5, Op. 35 "Dans les rues": no 4, March (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 5, Op. 35 "Dans les rues": no 5, Theme and Variations no 2 "Andante" (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 5, Op. 35 "Dans les rues": no 6, Andante eroico-Andante-Tempo di marcia (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 5, Op. 35 "Dans les rues": no 7, Theme and Variations no 3 "Andante" (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 5, Op. 35 "Dans les rues": no 8, Finale "Larghetto-Allegro" (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 6, Op. 40 "Le grand jeu": no 1, Allegro (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 6, Op. 40 "Le grand jeu": no 2, Largo (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 6, Op. 40 "Le grand jeu": no 3, Andante (1)
Suite for Orchestra no 6, Op. 40 "Le grand jeu": no 4, Andante con moto (1)
Suite for Septet no 1, Op. 92a (2)
Suite for Septet no 1, Op. 92a: no 1, Allegretto (1)
Suite for Septet no 1, Op. 92a: no 2, Allegro assai (1)
Suite for Septet no 1, Op. 92a: no 3, Allegretto moderato (1)
Suite for Septet no 1, Op. 92a: no 4, Quarter note = 76 (1)
Suite for Septet no 1, Op. 92a: no 5, Frisch (1)
Suite for Septet no 1, Op. 92a: no 6, Quarter note = 80 (1)
Suite for Septet no 1, Op. 92a: no 7, Allegretto (1)
Suite for Septet no 1, Op. 92a: no 8, Andante (1)
Suite for Septet no 1, Op. 92a: no 9, Andante (1)
Tagebuch des Hanns Eisler, Op. 9 (1)
The Grey Goose (2)
The Love Market (1)
The oldest Christmas story (1)
There's Nothing Quite Like Money (1)
Und es sind die finstern Zeiten (1)
Unser Acker: Nonet no 2 (1)
Variations for Orchestra on a March Theme "Der lange Marsch" (2)
Variations for Piano (1)
Variations for Piano: Coda (1)
Variations for Piano: Finale no 1 "Trauermusik" (1)
Variations for Piano: Finale no 2 (1)
Variations for Piano: Finale no 3 (1)
Variations for Piano: Theme (1)
Variations for Piano: Variation no 1 (1)
Variations for Piano: Variation no 10 (1)
Variations for Piano: Variation no 11 (1)
Variations for Piano: Variation no 2 (1)
Variations for Piano: Variation no 3 (1)
Variations for Piano: Variation no 4 (1)
Variations for Piano: Variation no 5 (1)
Variations for Piano: Variation no 6 (1)
Variations for Piano: Variation no 7 (1)
Variations for Piano: Variation no 8 (1)
Variations for Piano: Variation no 9 (1)
Verfehlte Liebe (3)
Vie de famille (1)
Vierzehn Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben, Op. 70 (1)
Vierzehn Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben, Op. 70: no 1, Anagram (1)
Vierzehn Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben, Op. 70: no 10, Presto-Etude (1)
Vierzehn Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben, Op. 70: no 11, Überleitung (1)
Vierzehn Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben, Op. 70: no 12 (1)
Vierzehn Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben, Op. 70: no 13 (1)
Vierzehn Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben, Op. 70: no 14 (1)
Vierzehn Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben, Op. 70: no 15 (1)
Vierzehn Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben, Op. 70: no 2, Introduction (1)
Vierzehn Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben, Op. 70: no 3, Choral-Etude (1)
Vierzehn Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben, Op. 70: no 4, Scherzando (1)
Vierzehn Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben, Op. 70: no 5 (1)
Vierzehn Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben, Op. 70: no 6 (1)
Vierzehn Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben, Op. 70: no 7, Sonatina (1)
Vierzehn Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben, Op. 70: no 8, Intermezzo (1)
Vierzehn Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben, Op. 70: no 9 (1)
Vom Sprengen des Gartens (3)
Wie der Wind weht (1)
Wiegenlieder (4), Op. 33: no 1, Als ich dich in meinen Leib trug (1)
Wiegenlieder (4), Op. 33: no 2, Als ich dich gebar (1)
Wiegenlieder (4), Op. 33: no 3, Ich habe dich ausgetragen (1)
Wiegenlieder (4), Op. 33: no 4, Mein Sohn, was immer auch (1)
Wilhelm Tell: Es lächelt der See (1)
Willem hat ein Schloss (1)
Winterschlacht: Suite (1)
Winterspruch (2)
Woodburry Liederbüchlein (1)
Woodburry Liederbüchlein: no 1, Evening Talk (1)
Woodburry Liederbüchlein: no 14, I had a little doggie (1)
Woodburry Liederbüchlein: no 16, An den Schlaf (1)
Woodburry Liederbüchlein: no 17, Für Lou (1)
Woodburry Liederbüchlein: no 2, I had a little nut-tree (1)
Woodburry Liederbüchlein: no 5, Nach einem Sprichwort (1)
Woodburry Liederbüchlein: no 6, Children's rhyme (1)
Woodburry Liederbüchlein: no 7, Little Miss Muffat (1)
Woodburry Liederbüchlein: no 8, Four and twenty sailors (1)
Work(s) (1)
Über den Selbstmord (5)
Über die Dauer des Exils (3)
Zeitungsausschnitte, Op. 11 (3)
Zeitungsausschnitte, Op. 11: Kriegslied eines Kindes (1)
Zeitungsausschnitte, Op. 11: Mariechen (1)
Zuckerbrot und Peitsche (1)
Zufluchtsstätte (3)
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Biography by "Blue" Gene Tyranny
One of the most original and prolific composers of the twentieth century, Eisler proved that expressing humanistic and political concerns does not necessarily lead to musical banalities, but can achieve his stated aesthetic ideal of "freshness, intelligence, strength and elegance" (as opposed to "bombast, sentimentality and mysticism").

Eisler's family could not afford a piano, so he learned music from books and scores, an activity he continued through his teen years (1908 - 1915) at the Staatsgymnasium. In World War I, he served in a Hungarian regiment (1916 - 1918), composed an oratorio Gegen den Krieg (Against War, a title revived later for his cantata with words by Brecht), and afterwards became a student at the New Vienna Conservatory and a proofreader for Universal Edition.

Both Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern gave Eisler free private lessons in composition (1919 - 1923), influencing Eisler's highly chromatic and harmonically dense yet witty and graceful early style (notably in the Piano Sonata, Op. 1). Eisler moved to Berlin to teach in 1925, and thinned his harmonic style and added jazz-inspired rhythms. The next year, Eisler joined the German Communist Party, wrote articles for the periodical Rote Fahne (Red Flag), and composed choral works (eg., "Der neue Stern"/The New Star) and popular marching songs ("Solidaritätslied"/Solidarity Song, "Einheitsfrontlied"/The United Front Song, and other classics).

In 1930 he began his lifelong collaboration with writer Berthold Brecht, immediately producing Die Massnahme and one of the first important works of socialist realism, the moving cantata Die Mutter (The Mother, 1932). This work contains neo-Classical elements, energetic choruses ("Der zerrissene Rock"/The Torn Coat, about factory bosses who deride workers' needs, and the "Grabrede"/Funeral Oration, a melodically powerful Stravinskian harmonization of Gregorian chant), and touching arias (the extraordinarily beautiful quasi-twelve-tone song "Lob der dritten Sache"/In Praise of Lower Class Causes). The final chorus contains the image of the Mother carrying the red banner, untiringly.

After 1933, Eisler's works were banned by the Nazis. Forced into exile for 15 years, he traveled throughout Europe and to the U.S. and Mexico, teaching and composing for films (such as the beautiful Fourteen Ways of Describing the Rain, 1941, based on an anagram of the name Schoenberg). Eisler began his largest work in 1935, the Deutsche Sinfonie, Op. 50 (1935 - 1957), a soul-moving, dramatic, "anti-fascist cantata" in Eisler's tonal-serialist style. The text is by Brecht with portions from the novel Bread and Wine (1936) by the "renegade" author Ignazio Silone, who opposed Stalin's "show trials."

In 1947, Eisler and Brecht were brought before the infamous House Committee on Un-American Activities and questioned about works like "Lob des Kommunismus" (In Praise of Communism) from Die Mutter which states that communism is against filth and criminality. Eisler left the States and eventually settled in the DDR, composing their national anthem, and writing "applied music" for the theater (17 plays), cinema, cabaret (36 chansons, and the splendid "Neue deutsche Volkslieder"/ New German Folksongs), television, public events, and so on.
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