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Hanns eisler’s art songs Arguing with Beauty Heidi Hart Hanns Eisler’s Art Songs Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture Hanns Eisler’s Art Songs Arguing with Beauty Heidi Hart Rochester, New York Copyright © 2018 Heidi Hart All Rights Reserved. Except as permitted under current legislation, no part of this work may be photocopied, stored in a retrieval system, published, performed in public, adapted, broadcast, transmitted, recorded, or reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. First published 2018 by Camden House Camden House is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Inc. 668 Mt. Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620, USA www.camden-house.com and of Boydell & Brewer Limited PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK www.boydellandbrewer.com ISBN-13: 978-1-64014-000-4 ISBN-10: 1-64014-000-X Excerpt from “Interdiction” by Ellen Hinsey used by permission of the publisher, from Update on the Descent (Bloodaxe Books, 2009). “An die Nachgeborenen” by Bertolt Brecht, used by permission of the publisher, Suhrkamp Verlag, aus: Bertolt Brecht, Werke. Große kommentierte Berliner und Frankfurter Ausgabe, Band 12: Gedichte 2. © Bertolt-Brecht-Erben / Suhrkamp Verlag 1988. H. Hart translation of “An die Nachgeborenen,” “To Those Born Later,” originally published in German in 1939 as “An die Nachgeborenen.” Copyright 1939, (c) 1961 by Bertolt-Brecht-Erben / Suhrkamp Verlag, from COLLECTED POEMS OF BERTOLT BRECHT by Bertolt Brecht. Author’s own translation used by permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Hart, Heidi, 1971– author. Title: Hanns Eisler’s art songs : arguing with beauty / Heidi Hart. Description: Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2018. | Series: Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018011090| ISBN 9781640140004 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 164014000X (hardcover : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Eisler, Hanns, 1898–1962. Songs. | Songs—20th century—History and criticism. Classification: LCC ML410.E37 H42 2018 | DDC 782.42168092—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018011090 This publication is printed on acid-free paper. Printed in the United States of America. The old words have blood on them. But here, under the blackened sun, there are things, in the trammeled, the ruined, the old words, which must still be said. —Ellen Hinsey, “Interdiction” Contents List of Musical Examples ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1: Early Songs 16 2: To Those Who Come After 43 3: Hölderlin in Hollywood 64 4: A Home for Goethe? 108 5: Serious Songs 144 Conclusion 168 Notes 179 Bibliography 213 Index 235 Musical Examples 1.1 Hanns Eisler, “Philanthropisch” (Galgenlieder) 23 1.2 Hanns Eisler, “So schlafe nun, du Kleine” (6 Lieder) 31 2.1 Hanns Eisler, “Elegie 1939” 59 2.2 Hanns Eisler, “An die Überlebenden” 61 3.1 Robert Schumann, “Und wüßten’s die Blumen, die kleinen” (Dichterliebe) 83 3.2 Hanns Eisler, “An die Hoffnung” (Hölderlin-Fragmente) 84 3.3 Franz Schubert, “Mignons Lied” 98 3.4 Hanns Eisler, “An eine Stadt” (Hölderlin-Fragmente) 99 3.5 Harold Arlen, “Stormy Weather” 105 3.6 Hanns Eisler, “Erinnerung” (Hölderlin-Fragmente) 106 4.1 “Deutschlandlied” (melody by Franz Joseph Haydn) 116 4.2 Hanns Eisler, “Auferstanden aus Ruinen” 116 4.3 Hanns Eisler, Das Vorbild 134 5.1 Hanns Eisler, “Traurigkeit” (Ernste Gesänge) 156 5.2 Hanns Eisler, “XX. Parteitag” (Ernste Gesänge) 160