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ICONPDENTIAL “He has traveled in Europe and in America. Everywhere his arrival avakened the revolutionary movement of music and the choir. Fisler's song is the song of political warrior. New York University has invited y” him to a professorship. \\ A co tae "Bisler can help many in the Soviet choral movement, “Our pation neods songs and knovs how to value & god one. This is obvious ia Fo Bisler's ‘Comintern, * deeply imbedded in our golden song fot ee en ete : 1" {Th eee x hye. wet 2°. ‘ tn a brier article “under the date of aly 27, 1935, ‘eppearing tn sprevaa" Eisler is mentioned as having arrived in Moscow and i@ described as a “representa. ; tive of the International Union of the Revolutionary Theater.” Also, according to this confidential source, an article which appeared in the “Evening Moscow? nevapaper sometime during july, 1955, reads in part as follows: "The name Eisler ie not vainly assoolated with such names ag Frederick Wolf, Bert Brecht and Irvin ‘Piskator. hese are the names of our foreign living comrades who have made their talents into @ sharp weapon for Communists.” The article states that Eisler | attended the International Musiciens Olympiad as a representative of the Inter- national Union of the Revolutionary Theater ani concerning this Eisler is quoted ”” gm follows in the article; "this celebration may boldly be called an expression of solidarity betveen the Crechs and Gorman Labor living in Cseohoslovakia. When the first Solumns vith Rod banners waving appeared on the ecene, syes of the German workers filled with tears upon the sight of thia ant1-Fasciet Senonatretions‘g This confidential iiformant also advised of an article in the Ruseien lanzuace whish appeared in tha “Literary Gazette" in | Hoscow, Russie, aatea 7 Ju 50, . 1999. It is sot ont in pert od follows: ¢ Ww. a tes a ay found Bans Eisler “at work. te wan dtotatizg 8 en ‘article for one yy of the Moscow newspapers. While vaiting for my interview, Y began to _t gy examine some books which vere placed in a omall group on a shelf, ... ‘Gompanions Forever’ -- ‘Revolutionary Artieta’ -- Merz- -EFngels--Lenin-- eer end Stalin, N attention | vas fea had the German ‘translation of [enapeey.' vo cl hy _— won recently have I ‘weracked® purmnov,* ‘pailingly said wane . a Eisler -'X read "Chapasy® all the way froz America to Furcpe, What o>, 4 ,. . @trength! What bottomless, revolutionary pession and energy! couldn't. - “ico. Sear myself away from this book. These are the talents vhich we revo-° - ~ ?. Lutionary writers and artists of the west must have. In vhat is the wp- | ( eee Lifting strength of such worke as "Chapasrt" It ie that in then is revived | “ . mot only the magnificent talents of the artists, but also the fiery Commmietio | ; - -asbition, Only that kind of unity can give creations of heroie strength’.* ~-6-