Eisler: Ernste Gesänge

Composer: Hanns Eisler (1898-1962) Instrumentation (this edition): Piano Reduction, Baritone Originally for: Baritone, String Orchestra Work: Ernste Gesänge (Serious Songs) Binding: Saddle-Stitch ISMN: 9790200464993 Size: 9.1 x 12.0 inches Pages: 28 Look Inside! PDF Preview Description The "Serious Songs" cycle is a work Eisler could not have known to be his last and an important testimonial to his general attitude as a political composer. One day after completing the work he told Hans Bunge about his "modest music": "I love these contradictions. and there is certainly contradiction in my latest work – between the Serious Songs and the present situation. But I believe we must think over the past. Anyone who wants the future must surmount the past. He must purify himself of the past and look clearly and cleanly into the future. I believe we do far too little about that. Perhaps it is the task of an artist – and his task is a very modest one, when we look at