EU Center: Veronika Eberhart discusses censorship and the role of music in the Red Scare

This past Wednesday, Feb. 4, Veronika Eberhart gave a talk on behalf of the European Union Center of California. She focused on the works of Hanns Eisler, a German-Austrian composer, and within the context of the political consequences his compositions had during the Red Scare period. By describing the investigation into Eisler’s Marxist compositions, Eberhart highlighted U.S. censorship.

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