Hanns Eisler Prize

The Hanns Eisler Prize was an East-German music award, named after the composer Hanns Eisler. It was awarded by Radio DDR – with advisory participation of the music section of the Akademie der Künste der DDR in Berlin (East) and the (VDK) – and on the occasion of his 70th birthday on 6 July 1968, the first time in the ballroom of the . The Hanns Eisler Prize was endowed with 10,000 marks and was one of the most renowned music prizes in the German Democratic Republic.

Statute The statutes stated: "The Hanns Eisler Prize shall be awarded for new compositions and musicological works which make outstanding contributions to the socialist musical culture of the GDR". Thus, one or more composers (in the category "composition") and musicology were honoured (from 1971 in the category "scientific papers").Fritz Hennenberg: Hanns Eisler. VEB Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1986, , . The prize-winning pieces were then premiered in a special concert.

Among the first prize winners in 1968 were Peter Dorn, Gerhard Rosenfeld and Ruth Zechlin. The composers Reinhard Pfundt, Gerhard Rosenfeld and Udo Zimmermann each received two awards. In 1990 and 1991, the prize was awarded by the Deutschlandsender Kultur, most recently to Klaus Martin Kopitz and Hans Tutschku. Since 1993, the has been awarded by the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" to young performers and composers.

Laureates (1968–1991) Distinguished by Radio DDR 2: 1968: Peter Dorn, Gerhard Rosenfeld and Ruth ZechlinErika Tschernig (Hrsg.): Unsere Kultur. DDR-Zeittafel 1945–1987. Berlin 1989, . 1969: Siegfried Matthus and Wolfgang StraußErika Tschernig (ed.): Unsere Kultur. DDR-Zeittafel 1945–1987. Berlin 1989, . 1970: Gerhard RosenfeldErika Tschernig (ed.): Unsere Kultur. DDR-Zeittafel 1945–1987. Berlin 1989, . 1971: Jürgen Elsner and Inge LammelErika Tschernig (ed.): Unsere Kultur. DDR-Zeittafel 1945–1987. Berlin 1989, S. 200. 1972: Gerhard Tittel, Peter WickeMusik und Gesellschaft 29 (1979), . und Udo ZimmermannErika Tschernig (ed.): Unsere Kultur. DDR-Zeittafel 1945–1987. Berlin 1989, . 1973: Friedrich Goldmann, Rainer Kunad, Hans-Joachim Schulze and Udo ZimmermannErika Tschernig (ed.): Unsere Kultur. DDR-Zeittafel 1945–1987. Berlin 1989, . 1974: keine Verleihung 1975: Frank-Volker Eichhorn, Winfried Höntsch and Friedrich SchenkerErika Tschernig (ed.): Unsere Kultur. DDR-Zeittafel 1945–1987. Berlin 1989, . 1976: Willy FockeErika Tschernig (ed.): Unsere Kultur. DDR-Zeittafel 1945–1987. Berlin 1989, . 1977: Manfred Schubert and Manfred WeissErika Tschernig (ed.): Unsere Kultur. DDR-Zeittafel 1945–1987. Berlin 1989, . 1978: Paul-Heinz DittrichErika Tschernig (ed.): Unsere Kultur. DDR-Zeittafel 1945–1987. Berlin 1989, . and Thomas Böttger (recognition: Joachim GrunerGruner, Joachim. In Axel Schniederjürgen (ed.): Kürschners Musiker-Handbuch. 5th edition, K. G. Saur Verlag, Munich 2006, , . and Bert Poulheim) 1979: Manfred Grabs, Peter Herrmann, Bert Poulheim and Gisela SteineckertErika Tschernig (ed.): Unsere Kultur. DDR-Zeittafel 1945–1987. Berlin 1989, . 1980: Wilfried Krätzschmar, Günter Neubert and H. Johannes WallmannErika Tschernig (ed.): Unsere Kultur. DDR-Zeittafel 1945–1987. Berlin 1989, . 1981: Thomas Ehricht, Bernd Franke and Heinz WeitzendorfErika Tschernig (ed.): Unsere Kultur. DDR-Zeittafel 1945–1987. Berlin 1989, . 1982: Gerd Domhardt and Thomas HertelErika Tschernig (ed.): Unsere Kultur. DDR-Zeittafel 1945–1987. Berlin 1989, . 1983: Rainer Böhm, Reiner Dennewitz and Hans-Peter JannochErika Tschernig (ed.): Unsere Kultur. DDR-Zeittafel 1945–1987. Berlin 1989, . 1984: Ralf Hoyer, Burkhard Meier, Reinhard Pfundt and Kurt Dietmar RichterErika Tschernig (ed.): Unsere Kultur. DDR-Zeittafel 1945–1987. Berlin 1989, . 1985: Günter MayerErika Tschernig (ed.): Unsere Kultur. DDR-Zeittafel 1945–1987. Berlin 1989, . (recognition: Reinhard Wolschina and Helmut Zapf) 1986: Gottfried Glöckner, Fritz Hennenberg and Reinhard PfundtErika Tschernig (ed.): Unsere Kultur. DDR-Zeittafel 1945–1987. Berlin 1989, . 1987: Walter Thomas Heyn and Helmut ZapfErika Tschernig (ed.): Unsere Kultur. DDR-Zeittafel 1945–1987. Berlin 1989, . 1988: Reinhard WolschinaPeter Hollfelder: Internationales chronologisches Lexikon Klaviermusik. Noetzel, Wiesbaden 1999, Supplement 2005, , . and Olav Kröger (recognition: Siegfried Witzmann) 1989: Johannes Schlecht, Steffen SchleiermacherNeue Zeitschrift für Musik 150 (1989), . and Frank Schneider (recognition: Lutz Glandien and Hartmut Wallborn)

Awarded by Deutschlandsender Kultur: 1990: Christian Münch, Helmut Oehring and Annette SchlünzDas Orchester 39 (1991), . 1991: Klaus Martin Kopitz, David Citron and Hans Tutschku

Further reading Erika Tschernig (ed.): Unsere Kultur. DDR-Zeittafel 1945–1987. Dietz Verlag, Berlin 1989, .

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