Hanns Eisler was a student of Arnold Schoenberg. He wrote his music for Berlin workers’ choruses and the Hollywood film industry, for avant garde music festivals and communist party meetings, for radio, stage and cabaret. He composed significant piano, chamber and orchestral music, over 500 Lieder and one national anthem …more

New on CD: Shellac rareties from Eisler & Co

The third box of a total of 12 CDs in the series "Dass nichts bleibt, wie es war! 150 Jahre Arbeiter und Freiheitslieder" ("May nothing remain as it was! 150 years of workers' and freedom songs") has been released by Bear Family. It features numerous songs by Hanns Eisler, including such rareties as the original 78 recordings of "Der neue Stern" and "Der Rote Wedding" from 1929 … more

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New Eisler volume in the series querstand

The volume edited by Albrecht Dümling contains essays by Albrecht Betz, Hartmut Fladt, Christoph Keller, Gerd Rienäcker, Jürgen Schebera, Klaus Völker, and Horst Weber … more

The latest issue of the Eisler-Mitteilungen

To accompany the Hanns Eisler Conference in London, issue 49 of the Eisler-Mitteilungen is devoted to the subject of "Eisler in England" … more

New biography on Eisler's favourite singer

The new Ernst Busch biography by Jochen Voit, "Er rührte an den Schlaf der Welt", has been published by the Berlin publisher Aufbau …more

New volume of the Eisler-Gesamtausgabe

Volume III/1, "Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier, 1917-1921" in the Hanns Eisler Gesamtausgabe has been published by Breitkopf & Härtel. …more

Ernst Busch – Live in Berlin 1960

The legendary concert Ernst Busch gave in Berlin on his 60th birthday is now available for the first time on CD. Sitting at the piano are Grigori Schneerson and Hanns Eisler, who also composed most of the songs at this event …more