The Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" (College of Music "Hanns Eisler") is one of the leading music conservatories in Germany. It was established in East Berlin in 1950 as the Deutsche Hochschule für Musik (German College of Music) because the older Hochschule für Musik Berlin (now the University of the Arts) was in West Berlin. After the death of one of its first professors, composer Hanns Eisler, the school was renamed in his honor in 1964. Located in Berlin's famed Gendarmenmarkt, the college has an international faculty and programs in performance, composition, voice, conducting, jazz and popular music, arts management, musical theater, stage direction and music theory. Also notable are its institutes for new music and musicians' health. East Berlin consisted of the Soviet Sector of Berlin and was the capital of East Germany from 1949 to 1990. ... The Berlin University of the Arts (Universität der Künste Berlin) in Berlin, Germany, was founded in 1975 with the merger of the Berlin State School of Fine Arts and the Berlin State School of Music and the Performing Arts. ... Boroughs of West Berlin West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. ... Hanns Eisler (July 6, 1898 - September 6, 1962) was a German and Austrian composer. ... The Gendarmenmarkt is one of the most beautiful squares in Berlin, surrounded by the Concert Hall, the French and the German Cathedral. ... Music theory is a set of systems for analyzing, classifying, and composing music and the elements of music. ...

During the time of the Weimar Republic the Hochschule was the hub of the international music scene, drawing musical luminaries and students from around the world. The period of German history from 1919 to 1933 is known as the Weimar Republic (Pronounced Vye-Mar, and in German it is known as the Weimarer Republik). It is named after the city of Weimar, where a national assembly convened to produce a new constitution after the German monarchy...

External links

• Official Website (http://www.hfm-berlin.de/index-en.php)
• International Hanns Eisler Society (http://www.hanns-eisler.com/English.htm)
• EislerMusic.com (http://eislermusic.com)