These writings are taken from Hanns Eisler – Musik und Politik – Schriften 1924-1948, ed. Günter Mayer (1973: VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig) © Stephanie Eisler. I have only edited Eisler's original text where necessary to aid comprehension. I have also translated some of Günter Mayer's background notes (November 2000). Please note that page turns in the DDR edition are inserted into the online texts on the principle that |#498-9| means the boundary between page 498 and 499.
Background notes to Eisler's writings in conjunction with his interrogation by the House Committee on Un-American Activities (Günter Mayer, 1973) 27k
Labor, Labor Movement and Music. Speech to the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union (1938) 51K
Music for the Film (1939)
Success and Value in Music (1939) 12k
Modern Music and the Movies I/II (1939) 11k
Why is Modern Music so Difficult to Understand? Introduction to proposed book for Oxford University Press (1940)
Paper for the Writers' Congress at UCLA (1943)
Contemporary Music and the Film I (1943/4)
Contemporary Music and the Film II (1943/4)
Preface to book based on research from the Film Music Project (1944)
Contemporary Music and Fascism (1944) 17k
Statements to the House Committee on Un-American Activities (1947 — I · II · III ·
Fantasia in G-Men) and on leaving the USA (1948) 53κ
Extension of ‘Statements and Refutations’ (1947) 33K