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. Sgong of the Miner", "Invalid's March", "Bong of Solidarity", _. SDefend the Soviet Union", "Song of the Unemployed" are only a mall part of —._; -- the long list of Bisler's ‘poli teal reongs. Varortmately only 4 a fev of then ; ..<., aP@ published by us, tm ne With all of his natural fighting temperament Fisler entrenched hin self in the Reformist Song Vereins and organised Commnist wings in then, The course of the struggle was clever and successful. It attracted the at- _ , tention of the entire meical world, attracted fellow travelers and produced .. gush revolutionary meicians as FRankel, Vogel, Volpe (Wolpe},. et dans 1 a 4 I dae et At this tine a lasting friendship wes formed between Eisler and the . @ranatist Bert Brecht. They collaborated in the theory of the "pedagozic® “ theater. Thay desired to make it especially active in the field of political - ggitation and propaganda, _ SHigher Dimensions", a musical play of that particular political tye, written by Fisler and based on Erecht's play, marked the transition of the Composer from the political to eminent musical form, “Higher Dimensions” is the mature production of a great, independent master. : Fisler's strength is ‘particularly evident in choruses and in musical forme wiich demand great skill, His strength is aleo evident in his ability to arrange orchestrations, &t the present tine Eisler approaches the higuer philosophic type o* = musio-<the symphonic music. His first symphony was produced with great succe:s in London. Now he ie writing a symphony dedicated to the prisonens of the a: __Tasciet concentration campe. It is based on the "Song of the Swamp Soldiers" , watch was composed by the prisoners. ; ye i ae i ‘ He has been with us here in the Soviet before. At Nt. Magnit he wrote down the Cossack melodies of the steppes. Here the Komsomole (members - the Young Commmnist League) were building their own blast-furnace. It ‘ os — -t--& 21 S44 am-he 6.2. OTT WT. ee WER GUL BUS Buy he wrote She "Ural sGGnE Comuntet®, He has traveled in the countries of Europe and America, Everywhere his arrival revived the revolutionary choral and musical movement, and the sc ss of Eisler, the musician, kept pace with the political speeches of Eisler, tk: political warrior, A New York university offered him a chair of professorahin. & fo our shame we know all too little of Eisler's ereations and Musgis, the former leader, is mostly rpwponsible for this imgorance, Fisier is an accompliched macter, the leader of = comlete trend in revolutionary music. } We want to hear Fisler's musical works on our stages and in our oencert hallr. His selected compositions, and] prticularly his collection of songs should be published here by us, all the hore so becauee it is difficult for him to publ’sh , anything abroad, | Eialer could be of great help ‘to the Soviet choral movement. Onur country ..- @emands songs and knows how to cherish good songs. Elsler's "Comintern", which he is firmly embedded in our collection of golden songs, speake of this. ae ie GOPY OF TRANSLATION FROM THE RUSSIAN 8 - 2 -