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Hanns Eisler

real name Johannes Eisler

Hanns Eisler is credited on 1,333 releases across 310 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,333

Credits

310

Albums

8

Decades active

73

In collections

Biography

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Austrian composer, born 6 July 1898 in Leipzig, German Empire and died 6 September 1962 in East-Berlin, GDR (today Berlin, Germany), best known for composing the national anthem of East Germany.

Bio from Discogs

Credited work

1,333 releases · 310 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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