Die Mutter, Op.25 (Eisler, Hanns)

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⇒ 13 more: 2. Wie die Krähe • 3. Das Lied von der Suppe • 4. Der zerrissene Rock • 5. Gedanken über die rote Fahne (Bericht vom 1. Mai 1905) • 6. Lob des Kommunismus • 7. Lob des Lernens • 8. Lob eines Revolutionärs • 9. Im Gefängnis zu singen • 10. Lob des Wlassowas • 11. Lob der dritten Sache • 12. Grabrede • 13. Steh' auf! • 14. Lob der Dialektik

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Publisher. Info. Lieder und Kantaten, Bd.7 (pp.1-112)
Leipzig: VEB Breitkopf & Härtel, 1963. Plate D.A.K. 7.
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Misc. Notes The first piece, a purely instrumental overture, is not part of this file.
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Publisher. Info. Lieder und Kantaten, Bd.4 (pp.32-52)
Leipzig: VEB Breitkopf & Härtel, 1959. Plate D.A.K. 4.
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⇒ 6 more: 4. Der zerrissene Rock • 6. Lob des Sozialismus • 7. Lob des Lernens • 12. Grabrede • 13. Steh' auf! • 14. Lob der Dialektik

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Publisher. Info. Lieder und Kantaten, Bd.1 (pp.6-7, 12-15, 111-117, 128-132, 197-201)
Lieder und Kantaten, Bd.4 (pp.29-31)
Leipzig: VEB Breitkopf & Härtel, 1956, 1959. Plates D.A.K. 1, 4.
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General Information

Work Title Die Mutter
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Composer Eisler, Hanns
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.25
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IHE 79
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 14 pieces
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1931
First Performance. 1931?
First Publication. 1951 - Berlin: Lied der Zeit (vocal score selections)
1963 (original score)
1959 (3rd concert version selections)
Librettist Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), after the novel by Maxim Gorky (1868 – 1936)
Language German
Average DurationAvg. Duration 40 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Modern
Instrumentation Solo voices, Choir, Flute, Clarinet, Horn in F, Trumpet, Banjo, Bass, Percussion, Piano

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According to Wikipedia, this incidental music was written for Bertolt Brecht's 1930-31 play The Mother. It was re-written in 1935 as a cantata.