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Hanns Eisler — Part 2
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"Tho devalopmunt in Cresce is, Iam sorry t. scy, and fer the tims
being ot lcast, just as I expected it would. CINACHILL was saved by tho
_ ¢@ireunstanee that he is the var iceder, cthermwisec he woule have broken his
- nee evor this Greus busincss. Howover, the last werd in this Greot
situation has not been said vot, by a long shot. You soo how CiacnCHILi had
to fetch the blue from the sky in ordcr te try to save some of his vrestigo?
"The following will intorest you: In a letter written Sy Last in the
year 1929, he asted for boots frona library about philosephy. meng other
thints, ho wrote: 'I want the best philosophical cietionary and dictionary
of philesophical terns in German, thet is tho one by EISLEt.' Tho old ran
would heve had fun if he knew that, because in his ovm timc, ne did net have
much apyrcciation from his centemporarics for his Sig boots "iy w
. GERUART closed this lottor by stating na was workiag with ‘vo
frioncs on a handboos of German History which would appear in Vey - eu
Under date of Juno 17, 1945, GERHART wrots to WANNS concerning
BRIChi's pley, "The Private Life of tho. tEstor Race", as Policis: Yu
"oho music for !Private Lifet was oxcollent. It is the xind c? misic
thoy need teda: in Berlin anc jn Germany. Yeu nova to maka seme mov sonis
enc send them to Derlin. You" simpiry must do that. You cen scnd then to
tr. FRESELICK .OLF ef Vex. Do not ferect the freasly issued duty. There is
noood; clsc vio could make such music which Derlincrs and tho Germans in’ |
senoral could use so well. The play itsclf suffered from bad seting and. one
cunnot unéerstand ths acters from timc te timo .t cll. The oress wrote, of
course, little. Tho mttor wes obsoletc. Such fcols! The Ancricans will
heve to be very carcful in the future about just such obsolcto things. For
Germany, such plays will bo very uscful. It gives them o mirror in which
they can seo themsolvcs and onable thon to self criticisn, ete." rm
Thoro wos further Gorman languczo cerrespondorce Ectween GE2YaART
EISLERS AnD KANUS SISLIRS, «hich has not yet boon translated. Mu
By lotter datod August 24, 1032, SF... to LOU SISLIR, cs
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follows: re . .
“Sinco a cortain tisitcd mo, ziving me your name as a
refercnee, and thit is nov mocks =o, I a@id rot heer from you at cli.
I hope that things are 1) right swith you." of uw
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