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When did Hanns Eisler's first album release?
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Hanns Eisler's first album Hölderlin-Fragmente released in 1956.
Johannes Eisler (1898-1962) was born in Leipzig, though his intellectual family moved to Vienna when he was young. After being wounded several times while serving Austria-Hungary in World War I, he developed socialistic sympathies and moved into the circle of Bertolt Brecht. When the Nazis took power, he went into exile and lived an itinerant... Read More
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