Komposition für den Film by Eisler, Hanns - 1949

Berlin: Verlag Bruno Henschel und Sohn, 1949. First German edition. -. A trifle rubbed, without jacket./-. 8vo, 150pp + tipped-in folding musical score; cloth-backed illustrated boards. Eisler's collection of critical essays on film music -- written in silent collaboration with Theodor Adorno in 1942 -- was first published in and English translation in 1947, while the composer was in exile in Hollywood. This edition includes a new preface by Eisler. A presentation copy, inscribed by Eisler on the front flyleaf: "Drückfehler selbst entdeckt; ich bin sehr froh, daß dieses Büchlein wenigstens einige Leser findet - für Herrn Erwin Leiser, 13/XI 1954, Berlin, Hanns Eisler." The typographical errors noted in Eisler's inscription are itemized above it in pencil, one in ink. The recipient was himself a film director and screenwriter, best known for his documentary study of nazism.