1898 - 1962
Hanns Eisler (6 July 1898 – 6 September 1962) was a German-Austrian composer. He is best known for composing the national anthem of East Germany, for his long artistic association with Bertolt Brecht, and for the scores he wrote for films. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hanns Eisler has received more than 338,130 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Hanns Eisler is the 271st most popular composer (up from 281st in 2019), the 1,056th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,034th in 2019) and the 41st most popular German Composer.
Hanns Eisler was a German composer and music theorist who was born in Austria. He is most famous for his compositions that were used in communist propaganda in the Soviet Union.
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Among composers, Hanns Eisler ranks 271 out of 1,216. Before him are Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, André Grétry, Gaspare Spontini, Johan Halvorsen, Cole Porter, and Johann Mattheson. After him are Jaufre Rudel, Johann Jakob Froberger, Clément Janequin, Aaron Copland, Stefania Turkewich, and Carl Reinecke.
1709 - 1758
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 265
1741 - 1813
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 266
1774 - 1851
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 267
1864 - 1935
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 268
1891 - 1964
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 269
1681 - 1764
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 270
1898 - 1962
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 271
1125 - 1148
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 272
1616 - 1667
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 273
1485 - 1558
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 274
1900 - 1990
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 275
1898 - 1977
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 276
1824 - 1910
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 277
Among people born in 1898, Hanns Eisler ranks 52. Before him are Joris Ivens, Vicente Aleixandre, Héctor Scarone, Totò, Josef Terboven, and Latife Uşşaki. After him are Stefania Turkewich, Felix Kersten, Günther Korten, Lotte Lenya, Kurt Tank, and Carl Clauberg. Among people deceased in 1962, Hanns Eisler ranks 34. Before him are Ronald Fisher, Alfred Cortot, Hans Lammers, Georgios Papanikolaou, Charles Laughton, and Jacques Ibert. After him are Gabriele Münter, Killing of Peter Fechter, Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Eiji Yoshikawa, Shunroku Hata, and André Lhote.
1898 - 1989
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 46
1898 - 1984
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 47
1898 - 1967
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 48
1898 - 1967
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 49
1898 - 1945
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 50
1898 - 1975
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 51
1898 - 1962
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 52
1898 - 1977
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 53
1898 - 1960
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 54
1898 - 1944
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 55
1898 - 1981
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 56
1898 - 1983
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 57
1898 - 1957
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 58
1890 - 1962
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 28
1877 - 1962
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 29
1879 - 1962
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 30
1883 - 1962
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 31
1899 - 1962
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 32
1890 - 1962
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 33
1898 - 1962
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 34
1877 - 1962
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 35
1944 - 1962
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 36
1872 - 1962
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 37
1892 - 1962
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 38
1879 - 1962
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 39
1885 - 1962
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 40
Among people born in Germany, Hanns Eisler ranks 1,056 out of 6,142. Before him are Walter Christaller (1893), Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696), Lucian Freud (1922), Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789), Karl Ludwig Harding (1765), and Princess Alexandrine of Baden (1820). After him are Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1628), Gabriele Münter (1877), Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709), Rainer Weiss (1932), Karl von Bülow (1846), and Johann Jakob Froberger (1616).
1893 - 1969
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 1,050
1696 - 1762
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 1,051
1922 - 2011
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 1,052
1789 - 1869
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 1,053
1765 - 1834
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 1,054
1820 - 1904
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 1,055
1898 - 1962
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 1,056
1628 - 1685
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 1,057
1877 - 1962
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 1,058
1709 - 1746
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 1,059
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 1,060
1846 - 1921
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 1,061
1616 - 1667
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 1,062
Among composers born in Germany, Hanns Eisler ranks 41. Before him are Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), Carl Stamitz (1745), Johann Christoph Bach (1642), Friedrich Kuhlau (1786), Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1709), and Johann Mattheson (1681). After him are Johann Jakob Froberger (1616), Carl Reinecke (1824), Nicolaus Bruhns (1665), Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748), Georg Böhm (1661), and Samuel Scheidt (1587).
1724 - 1780
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 35
1745 - 1801
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 36
1642 - 1703
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 37
1786 - 1832
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 38
1709 - 1758
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 39
1681 - 1764
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 40
1898 - 1962
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 41
1616 - 1667
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 42
1824 - 1910
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 43
1665 - 1697
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 44
1748 - 1798
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 45
1661 - 1733
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 46
1587 - 1654
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 47