Ernst-Lothar von Knorr
"After the incredible suffering the brutality of the Nazis has
brought upon the world, it is good to remember that there are
still some Germans like yourself who expressed themselves
fearlessly and without consideration of their personal danger, as
being strongly against the idealogy and politics of the insane
group of gangsters who came to power in Germany in 1933."
(Clifford Curzon, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, London,
1947)
- b. 2.1.1896, d. 30.10.1973
- first instrument: violin
- student of violin, piano, composition and conducting at
"Konservatorium" in Cologne from 1907
- violin teacher at "Heidelberger Musikakademie" from 1919
- appointed professor at "Hochschule für Musik" in Berlin in
1940
- lost all of his compositions during World War II
- move to Trossingen in 1944
- founder and first director of "Hochschulinstitut für
Musikerziehung" in Trossingen in 1946
- director of "Akademie für Musik und Theater" in Hannover
from 1952
- director of "Hochschule für Musik und Theater" in Heidelberg
from 1961
- compositions: mainly for chamber orchestra, choir, string and
wind instruments
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