Education
Born Charlotte Demant in Ternopil (now in the Ukraine), her family moved to Czernowitz where she attended school. There Charlotte studied music
Born Charlotte Demant in Ternopil (now in the Ukraine), her family moved to Czernowitz where she attended school. There Charlotte studied music
Early in the First World War, they moved to Vienna. As a student she met composers Arnold Schönberg and Hanns Eisler. Active in left-wing politics, Eisler was obliged to leave Vienna in 1934 for Bratislava.
In 1936 she travelled to Moscow.
Travelling back to Vienna in 1938, she learned in Prague of the invasion by Nazi Germany and subsequent Anschluss. From 1947 until 1952 she taught song at the Konservatorium Wien.
She died in Vienna in 1970.
