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[email protected] THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC WORKERS, UNITE! THE POLITICAL SONGS OF HANNS EISLER, 1926-1932 By MARGARET R. JACKSON A Treatise submitted to the School of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Music Degree Awarded: Fall Semester, 2003 The members of the Committee approve the treatise of Margaret R. Jackson defended on November 10, 2003. ______________________ Jerrold Pope Professor Directing Treatise ______________________ Denise Von Glahn Committee Member _______________________ Stanford Olsen Committee Member _______________________ Marcia Porter Committee Member The Office of Graduate Studies has verified and approved the above named committee members. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Figures ………………………………………………………………………iv Terms and Abbreviations……………………………………………………………v Abstract ……………………………………………………………………………..vi INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………………………….1 1. An Overview of the Life of Hanns Eisler ………………………………………4 2. Hanns Eisler and Dialectical Materialism………………………………………11 3. Music-making in the Agitprop Realm…………………………………………..22 4. Hanns Eisler’s Fighting Songs, 1926-1932……………………………………..34 5. Eisler’s Fate in U.S. Musicology………………………………………………..54 CONCLUSION……………………………………………………….…………….67 REFERENCES…………………………………………………….……………….70