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Hanns Eisler

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Hanns Eisler
Hanns Eisler (on the left) and Ernst Busch (on the right), 1960
Born6 July 1898
Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire
Died6 September 1962
Berlin, East Germany
Cause of deathHeart attack
Known forComposing anthem of the GDR


Hanns Eisler was a famous Austrian-German composer and music theorist best known for composing "Auferstanden aus Ruinen," the national anthem of East Germany.