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Hanns Eisler

Hanns Eisler is credited on 1,333 releases across 309 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,333

Pressings credited

309

Albums

8

Decades active

62

In collections

Biography

Hanns Eisler (German pronunciation: [ˈhans ˈaɪslɐ]; 6 July 1898 – 6 September 1962) was an Austrian and German 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.

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Credited work

1,333 releases · 309 albums · active 1950–2025

  • Performance · 1,661
  • Other credits · 1,475

Studios: Judson Hall · VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin · Akademie Der Pädagogischen Wissenschaften Der DDR · Akademie der Künste der DDR

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Various
  • Ernst Busch
  • Bertolt Brecht
  • Eisler
  • Milva
  • Gisela May
  • Liederjan
  • Dagmar Krause

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