Iwan Otto Armand Knorr (3 January 1853 – 22 January 1916) was a German composer and music teacher.

Life

A native of

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, he attended the

Leipzig Conservatory The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (german: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig) is a public university in Leipzig (Saxony, Germany). Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn ...

where he studied with

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and

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. In 1874, he became a teacher and in 1878 director of music theory instruction at the Imperial

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, in what is now

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. In 1883, he settled in

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, where he joined the faculty of the

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. In 1908, he became director of the school. As a teacher he exerted great influence. Among his pupils were

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, Vladimir Sokalskyi,

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and

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, as well as the English-speaking composers such as William Beatton MoonieTwo Centuries of British Symphonism by Jurgen Schaarwachter p.411 and friends that become known as the

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and

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Selected Compositions

* ''Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann'', Op. 1 for Piano Trio * Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 3 * ''Ukrainian Liebeslieder'', for vocal quartet and piano, Op. 5 * ''Variations on a Ukrainian Folksong'', for orchestra, Op. 7 * ''Variations on a Russian Folksong'', for piano duet, Op. 8 * ''Eight Songs'', for mixed choir, Op. 11 * ''Symphonic Fantasy'', Op. 12 (1899) * Serenade in G Major, for orchestra, Op.17 * ''Dunja'', opera in two acts, Op. 18 (premiered 1904 in

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) * ''Aus der Ukraine'', suite for orchestra, Op. 20 * ''Die Hochzeit'', opera (premiered 1907 in Prague) * ''Durchs Fenster'', opera in one act (premiered 1908 in Karlsruhe)

Writings

* ''Tchaikovsky'' (Berlin, 1900) * ''Materials for Teaching Harmony'' (Leipzig: Breitkopf, 1903; 7 impressions) * ''Handbook of Fugal Composition'' (Leipzig, 1911) * ''The Fugues of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier in Pictorial Representation'' (Leipzig, 1912)

References

*David Ewen: ''Encyclopedia of Concert Music'' (New York: Hill and Wang, 1959)

External links

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