The centenary of Hanns Eisler’s birth in 1998 has left its mark on concert life. One of the results is a growing demand for Eisler’s incidental music: Die letzte Nacht gave its world premiere at Vienna’s Musikverein on 24 October in a concerted given by the ensemble "die reihe” under HK Gruber, a congenial interpreter of Eisler’s music. This music for the epilogue of "Die letzten Tage der Menschheit” by Karl Kraus consists of six instrumental pieces and a couplet for voice and piano. The score fell into complete oblivion after the world premiere at the legendary Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin on 15 January 1930.