Hanns Eisler
Born: 6th July 1898, Leipzig
Died: 6th September 1962, Berlin
Nationality: Austrian
Hanns Eisler 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.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanns_Eisler
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Claire Booth on Life Stories
24th Mar 2026
The soprano discusses her recent cabaret-themed album on Orchid Classics, featuring the world premiere recording of Zoë Martlew's theatrical song-cycle Hôtel Babylon plus music by Gershwin, Eisler, Poulenc and Adès.
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Popular Works: Eisler
- An den kleinen Radioapparat (12)
- Anakreontische Fragmente (4)
- Chamber Symphony, Op. 69 (4)
- Das Einheitsfrontlied (4)
- Der Graben (6)
- Der Kirschdieb (6)
- Deutsche Sinfonie Op. 50 (7)
- Die Flucht (6)
- Die Haltbare Graugans (5)
- Die Heimkehr (7)
- Die Mutter: Bericht uber den Tod eines Genossen (4)
- Die Rundkopfe und die Spitzkopfe: Kuppellied (4)
- Divertimento, Op. 4 (4)
- Elegie 1939 (4)
- Erinnerung an Eichendorff und Schumann (5)
- Ernste Gesänge (5)
- Frühling (5)
- Goethe-Fragment (5)
- Hölderlin-Fragmente (5)
- Hollywood Liederbuch (9)
- Hotelzimmer 1942 (7)
- In der Frühe (5)
- Kalifornischer Herbst (4)
- Kammerkantate No. 7, 'Die den Mund auf hatten' (5)
- Kleine Sinfonie, Op. 29 (7)
- Kuppellied (4)
- L'automne californien (5)
- Lied einer deutschen Mutter (10)
- Lied von der belebenden Wirkung des Geldes (8)
- Mutter Beimlein (8)
- Nonet No. 2 (5)
- Ostersonntag (5)
- Piano Sonata, Op. 1 (5)
- Septet No. 1, Op. 92a (4)
- Spruch 1939 (4)
- Über den Selbstmord (9)
- Über die Dauer des Exils (4)
- Verfehlte Liebe (4)
- Vom Sprengen des Gartens (11)
- Zeitungsausschnitte, Op. 11 (6)
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