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‘the Sovtet Unton,' ‘Song of the Onemployed,' re oe dedicated to the priaonera of fasciat concen- tration camps, based on the ‘Song of the Swamp¢ Soldter'! and composad hy the captives oO ill or Vue oie vy eS CO DL _ notes on Kozak melodies on the steps by it. . Magnitnot where the Young Communists were . butiding a blast furnace. It was about then he wrote the 'Dral Young Communtet,* Amertea. Everywhere his arrival awakened the - revolutionary movement of muate and the chotr. Eisler's song is the song of political warrtor, New York University has invited him to a professorship. . choral movement. Our natton needs songs and knows how to value a good one. Thia ia obvious in Eialer's ‘tnamintern ! deaentn tmwhaddad te mse Trangjatton o art of the article entitled nagad ete) re ohch Gppeared in the Hons fi sser which Gppecres +n tm Russian Ianguage newspaper “Pravda” on July 22, 1935. : . ; . "ror us, Eiesler == is first of aii a song. The -- ‘Red Wedding,' the -- ‘Comin- tern.’ With the songs of Eisler on thetr lips, the Foreign living proletariats fought in the barricades of Berlin and Vienna. With the songs of Eisler they demonatrated tn Zurich and Antwerp. With the songs of Eisler they stood in picket lines in Copenhagen and Manchester. | "Risler finished his education brilltantly. Everything pushed the compoaer towards an easy road of life. But Ae did not take it. Too disgusting to him was the bourgeots concert: hall where, in a musical narcosis, the gourmands made their discoveries with relish. <A feeling of anarchist protest cwoke in the young composer. en vr or I : "In 1927 Eisler wholeheartedly | entered the proletariat ‘agitpropgroup' (agjtation propagands group) movement and be- a as a political music journalist. _ “tSong of the Miner,’ 'Invalid's | Moreh, ' ‘Song of Solidarity,’ march ‘Defend this is only a small part of the-great liat of Etsler's political songs. Unfortunately only a few of them are published by us. “With ali of his natural fighting temperament, Eisler tore into the reformistic song group, forming @ communtstic wing. The battle was successful. It drew the attention of the entire musical worid, gathered travelers, and cultjvated such revolutionary musicians as Fankel, Fogle and Folne. fee ee “yp "At the same time, a strong tie was formed between Eisler and dramaturgist Bert Brecht. Together they worked out the theory of the ‘pedagogic’ theater, wishing to make tt especitaliy active in the werk of olitical agitation and propaganda. f , 2 é- Ca — ‘ "..--Now he ta wrtting @: symphony _ Ea. ~ “ "He has been with us before. He made "He has traveled tn Europe and in "Fisler can help many in the Sovtet