Hanns Eisler Political Musician

Name: Hanns Eisler Political Musician
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ISBN: 9780521240222

ISBN-10: 0521240220

ISBN-13: 9780521240222

Edition: 1982

Authors: Albrecht Betz, Bill Hopkins

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Eisler's role in German music is similar to that of Brecht in German literature and the two men worked together for nearly thirty years. Together with Webern and Berg, Eisler is considered one of the three great pupils of Schoenberg. Albrecht Betz divides Eisler's life and music into four periods. The early formative period as student of Schoenberg includes compositions written in Vienna up to 1925. From 1926 to 1933, the second period, Eisler lived in Berlin and made his greatest impact with his political vocal music. The third phase of Eisler's life, fifteen years of exile, was spent principally in the USA, and the fourth (from 1948) in East Germany. The author shows how Eisler is…

Book details

List price: $95.99
Copyright year: 1982
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/10/1982
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 338
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English



Acknowledgements


PublisherG++s note


Overture



Early years in Vienna



Berlin - music and politics



Fifteen years of exile



The final decade



EislerG++s modernity


Notes


Bibliography


List of works David Blake


Chronology


Index