Hanns Eisler Born: 6-Jul-1898 Birthplace: Leipzig, Germany Died: 6-Sep-1962 Location of death: East Berlin, Germany Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof, Berlin, Germany
Gender: Male Religion: Jewish Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Composer Nationality: Germany Executive summary: German radical composer Military service: Austro-Hungarian Army (WWI) An early student of dodecaphonic composer Arnold Schoenberg beginning 1919, and of Anton Webern in 1922, Eisler broke with Schoenberg in 1926 to compose anti-Fascist revolutionary music. A long, fruitful collaboration ensued with Bertolt Brecht: Eisler composed music for several of his plays; but they fled Nazi Germany in 1933 after their work was banned. Coming to America, Eisler composed music for films until the second Red Scare. He was blacklisted from Hollywood, forced to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, and finally deported for his radical past. Eisler settled in East Berlin, where he composed the national anthem of the German Democratic Republic; however in the 1950s he again came under political attack for his retelling of Faust, which officials claimed blasphemed Goethe. Sister: Elfriede Eisler Wife: Charlotte Eisler (one son) Son: Georg (b. 1928, d. 1998) Wife: Louise Jolesch ("Lou", m. 1937, d. 1998) Wife: Stephanie Peschl ("Steffi", m. 1958)
Teacher: Marxist Workers' School, Berlin, Germany Professor: German Academy of Music, East Berlin, Germany
Shot: Battle (1916) Hollywood Blacklist Deported 1948 (from the United States) German Academy of the Arts 1950
HUAC Hearings Heart Attack 1960 Risk Factors: Depression, Smoking
Author of books:
Composing for the Films (1947, with Theodor Adorno)
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