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"Song of the Miner", "Invalid's March", "Song of Solidarity". i4 "Defend the Soviot Union". *Song of the Unemployod" are only s soall part of the Iong list of Sisler's political gsongu. Dnfortmately only a Tey of them ... are pabliahed by as. With all of his natural tighting temperament Eisler entrenched him- Self in the Reformist Song Vereins and organised Commnnist vings in thom. The oourse of the struggle was clever and successful. It attracted the at- tention of the entire mnsical vorld, attracted fellow travelers and prodnced : wuch revolutionary msicians as Rankel, Yogel, Volpe (wolpe).. At thi tioo a lasting friendship was formod betveen Fieler smd the thoater. They desired to make it especially active in the field of political agtation and propaganda. WHighar Dimensions", a musical play of that partioular political tyre. written by Maler and based on Brecht's play. marked the transition of the couposer from the political to ominent musical form. "Higher Dimensions" 1s tho msture prodaction of a sreat, indopondent master. Risler'. strength is'particularly cvident in choruses and in ausicsl Torns which demand great sldill. His strength is also evident in his ability to arrange orchestrations. At the present tims Bisier approaches the higher philosophie typs o musio.-the syuphonic music. His first syaphony was produced with great succers In London. Now he is writing a syaphony dedicated to the prisoners of the It is based on the #Song of the Swaup Soldiere" which was corposed by the prisoners. Ho has been vith us here in th. Soviet before. At nt. Magnit he wrote down the Cossack melodiey of the stoppes. Eere tho Komsomols (mombors of the Young Couuunist League) were building their own blast-furnace. It Ws abut thes that he wrote the *Ural Youg Comunist*. He has traveled in the coumtries of Lurope and America. Lrerywhere his arrival revived ths revolutionary choral and musical movament. and the sc-gs of Eieler, the muslcian. kopt pace with the political speeches of Eialer. t: political warrior. A New York aniversity offered him a ohair of professorahip. To our shame we know all too little of Eieler's creations and uusgis, the former leader, is mostly r?sponsible for this lgnorance. Fisler is an accompliahsd master, the leadef of a couplete trend in revolntionary music. We vant to hear Eisler's musicl works on our stages and in our concert halls. His slected compositions, and prtioularly his collection of songs should be published here by us, all the pore so because it is difiicult for him to publ'qh anything abroad. Eialer could be of great help to the Soviet choral movement. Our country demands songe and knovs how to cherish good songs. Lialer' "Comintern", which is firmly embedded in our collection of golden songs, speake of this. CORY OR TEANSLATIOT FROH THE RUSSIAN - 2 -