Ernst-Lothar von Knorr lived in Germany from 1896 to 1973. He wrote over 100 compositions in his lifetime. In his youth, all signs pointed to a soloist's career for von Knorr when the 11-year-old violinist was growing up in Bonn and was accepted at the Cologne Conservatory where he studied violin, tone composition and directing. Just two years later his first composition was made public.

Similarly to other masters in the history of music such as Johann Sebastian Bach and Paul Hindemith, Ernst-Lothar von Knorr deserves a double honor, not only in composition but also in musical education. He attained a solid position as a strong and unmistakable personality in both fields.

The praise attributed to von Knorr's compositions, acquired through public resonance of performance statistics, although limited, is similar to other composers of this century. Von Knorr's music does not belong to the expounded and often over-accentuated modes and fads of musical movements of the twentieth century. His music unfolds m