A rebel in music : selected writings

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A rebel in music : selected writings

Hanns Eisler ; edited and with an introduction by Manfred Grabs ; translated by Marjorie Meyer

Kahn & Averill, 1999, c1978

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First published in 1978 by Seven Seas Books, Berlin

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is a reprint of the collection of Eisler's writings in English, first published in 1978. For Eisler the written word was very important and people paid tribute to his mind, quickness of thought, wit and breadth of cultural knowledge.

Table of Contents

Preface by David Blake, Introduction by Manfred Grabs, Editor's Note, 32 Essays by Hanns Eisler: 1. On Old and New Music, 2. Satirical Aphorisms, 3. On the Situation in Modern Music, 4. Progress in the Workers' Music Movement, 5. The Builders of a New Music Culture, 6. Our Revolutionary Music, 7. Blast-Furnace Music, 8. Music for Workers' Orchestras, 9. Address to a Solidarity Concert, 10. Letter to Ernst Hermann Meyer, 11. On Schoenberg, 12. The Birth of the Worker's Song, 13. A Musical Journey through America, 14. Problems of Working-Class Music, 15. Hollywood Seen from the Left, 16. Some Remarks on the Situation of the Modern Composer, 17. The Crisis in Music, 18. From My Practical Work, 19. Letter to Bertolt Brecht, 20. On a Concert for the International Brigade in Spain, 21. Labor, Labor Movement and Music, 22. Fantasia in G-men, 23. Basic Social Questions of Modern Music, 24. Thoughts on the Anniversary of Beethoven's Death, 25. Bertolt Brecht and Music, 26. On Good Listening, 27. Song Born to Struggle, 28. I Once Knew a Headwaiter, 29. On Stupidity in Music, 30. America's War of Independence - Indirect Aggression, 31. Schweik and German Militarism, 32. Thoughts on Form and Content, Chronology

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  • NCID
    BA54565378
  • ISBN
    • 1871082714
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    ger
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    223 p.
  • Size
    20 cm
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