Works selection

Autograph from
String Quartet (1969)
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Works by Ernst-Lothar von Knorr for:
piano – strings – winds – organ – accordion – orchestra – voices – chorus a cappella – cantatas

Piano:

Chamber Sonata for piano, 1935 (Tonger)
Little Sonata in D for piano, 1945 (Bärenreiter)
Sonatina in A, 1947 (Schott)
Sonata in E for piano, 1947 (Tonger)
Nächtliche Suite (Nocturnal Suite), dance suite, 1948 (Tonger)
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Little Suite for piano,1956 (rhythmical instruction) (Ernesto)
Diaphonia, sonata for two pianos, 1971 (Ernesto)

Strings:

Solo Sonata for violoncello, 1926 (Ernesto)
Trio for violin, viola and cello, 1926 (Ernesto)
Theme, Variations and Fugue for 2 violins, 1926 (Möseler)
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Sonata for violin and piano, 1945 (Ernesto)
Partita for solo violin, 1946 (Amadeus, Winterthur)
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Sonata No. 1 in G for cello and piano, 1948 (Tonger)
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Duo for viola and cello, 1961 (Amadeus, Winterthur)
String Quartet No. 3, 1969 (Ernesto)
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String Quartet, 1969 (Ernesto)
Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano, 1972 (Ernesto)
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Winds:

Introduction for three saxophones to an a cappella choir (1932) (Ernesto)
Sonata for alto saxophone and piano, 1932 (gravis)
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Wind Music No. 2, trumpet, saxophone, bassoon, 1932 (Tonger)
Wind Chamber Music No. 2, oboe, clarinet, bassoon (Tonger)
Fantasy for clarinet and piano, 1970 (Ernesto)
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Three Waltzes for flute and guitar:
Fantastic Waltz (from Small Suite for piano 1956), Waltz Serenade (from Serenadenmusik 1935) and Dainty Waltz (from Sonatina in E) (Ernesto)

Organ:

Accordion:

Orchestra:

Serenade Music for orchestra, 1935 (Ernesto)
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Five Songs (Rilke) for baritone and orchestra, 1950 (Ernesto)
Serenade for string orchestra, 1947/1973 (Tonger)
Nocturnal Suite, 1948 (arranged for orchestra by Sorin Petrescu) (Ernesto)
Concerto for cello and orchestra, 1972 (arranged by Sorin Petrescu) (Ernesto)
Prelude, Fugue and Rondino for chamber orchestra, 1935 (arranged by Sorin Petrscu) (Ernesto)

Music for Voice:

Four Songs for soprano and piano, 1943 (Ernesto)
Day Songs I-III (George) for voice and piano, 1944 (Ernesto)
Six Children's Songs (Morgenstern), 1944 (Bärenreiter)
Four Day Songs after French Poems for string quartet and solo voice, 1946 (Ernesto)
"Suchet Gott so werdet ihr leben" - Motette for mixed choir a capella, 1948 (Bärenreiter)
Eight Russian Love Songs for female voices or women's chorus and piano, 1949 (Ernesto)
Five Songs (Hesse) for soprano and piano, 1949 (Ernesto)
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Five Songs (Rilke) for baritone and orchestra or piano, 1950 (Ernesto)
Three Sacred Choruses from Franconian Koran by Ludwig Derleth, 1950 (Ernesto)
"Ein Strauß für dich gepflückt" - 15 simple songs for piano for voice after miscellaneous poems, 1951 (Bärenreiter)
Little Sacred Concerto No. 1 for soprano and organ, 1951 (Ernesto)
"Lied zur Weihnacht" (Schellinger) for men's choir, 1951 (Ernesto)
Little Sacred Concerto No. 2 for voice, violin, cello and organ, 1968 (Ernesto)

Chorus a cappella:

"Ich freue mich auf die Blumen rot" (Bärenreiter)
Three Mixed Choruses (Was ist Minne - Zu Dank - Sängers Klage) (Tonger)
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Four Songs / Weinheber (Ernesto)
Gesang im Grünen (Bärenreiter)
"Wer gab Dir, Minne, die Gewalt" (Bärenreiter)
Three Sacred Choruses (after Derleth) (Ernesto)

Kantaten:

Christmas Cantata after Old Folk Songs for solo voices, chamber choir and chamber orchestra, 1945 (Ernesto)
"Gott ist nahe" (Pestalozzi Cantata) for soprano, chorus and orchestra, 1946 (Ernes to)
"Das Weihnachtsbedenken" Sonnet 1657 (Gryphius) for soprano, mixed chorus, men’s chorus, women’s chorus, string quartet and flute (1951) (Bärenreiter)