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Hanns Eisler

1898 - 1962

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Hanns Eisler (6 July 1898 – 6 September 1962) 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 on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hanns Eisler is the 281st most popular composer (down from 267th in 2019), the 1,068th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,057th in 2019) and the 41st most popular German Composer.

Hanns Eisler was a German composer and music theorist who was born in Austria. He is most famous for his compositions that were used in communist propaganda in the Soviet Union.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Hanns Eisler ranks 281 out of 1,451. Before him are Miklós Rózsa, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Henryk Górecki, Anton Reicha, Uzeyir Hajibeyov, and György Kurtág. After him are Franz Xaver Gruber, Eduard Hanslick, Anton Arensky, Valentyn Sylvestrov, Jacques Ibert, and Reynaldo Hahn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Hanns Eisler ranks 54. Before him are Jeanne Hébuterne, Josef Terboven, Julius Schreck, Therese Neumann, Totò, and Joris Ivens. After him are Inejiro Asanuma, Felix Kersten, Carl Clauberg, Peggy Guggenheim, Latife Uşşaki, and Hastings Banda. Among people deceased in 1962, Hanns Eisler ranks 35. Before him are Shunroku Hata, Georgios Papanikolaou, Hans Lammers, Therese Neumann, C. Wright Mills, and Joseph Berchtold. After him are Jacques Ibert, Killing of Peter Fechter, Ivan Meštrović, Dušan Simović, Archduke Joseph August of Austria, and Eiji Yoshikawa.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hanns Eisler ranks 1,068 out of 7,253. Before him are Erich Heckel (1883), Stefan Lochner (1410), Carl von Linde (1842), Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1513), Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1712), and Alfred Brehm (1829). After him are Maria Barbara Bach (1684), Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1370), Alfred Naujocks (1911), John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg (1625), Klaus Hasselmann (1931), and Konrad Witz (1400).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Hanns Eisler ranks 41. Before him are Carl Friedrich Abel (1723), Carl Stamitz (1745), Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), Johann Christoph Bach (1671), Johann Christoph Bach (1642), and Friedrich Kuhlau (1786). After him are Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1709), Georg Böhm (1661), Johann Jakob Froberger (1616), Johann Mattheson (1681), Johann Kuhnau (1660), and Johann Georg Pisendel (1687).

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