Hanns+Eisler

Hanns Eisler was a german and austrian composer. He lived during the Weimar Republic period (6 July 1898 – 6 September 1962). e was part of the Second Vienne School, where he worked with famous composers such as Schoenberg.

After 1933, Eisler's music was banned by the Nazi party, so he flought to Moscow, tehn later on he would take refuge in the United States. In the USA he wrote experimental chamber and documentary music, and he composed several Hollywood film scores.

After WWII he moved to East Germany and he composed the national anthem for the German Democratic Republic.

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