A student of
Felix Mottl and
Ludwig Thuille he was kapellmeister in
Koblenz in 1912 and led the
Volksymphoniekonzerte in Munich 1914. He also studied with
Fritz Steinbach and after publishing the latter's notes on Brahms' scores became best known as a writer and editor of Brahms. An enthusiast of
anthroposophy he published a lecture
Musikalische Betrachtungen in geisteswissenschaftlichem Sinn in Berlin in 1917, which were in the main well received by
Rudolf Steiner himself. He was in January 1919 the first editor of
Der Weg a short-lived monthly magazine "for Art, Literature and Music" which was the most progressive voice for art in
Munich in the immediate post war. The editorship passed to the writer Eduard Trautner and the artist Fritz Schaefler after the third issue, and then the magazine ceased with the eighth issue. At this period he is recorded as a habituée of the Munich
Café Stefanie. ==Publications==