Deutsch was born in
Vienna on 5 September 1883 to a Jewish family. Following his studies of art history and literature in Vienna and
Graz, he worked as an assistant at the Department of Art History of the
University of Vienna. His specialization was the
Biedermeier period, which led naturally to his interest in Schubert, whose life took place during this cultural era. His scholarly career was interrupted by
World War I when he served in the
Austrian Army. and of the British musicologist and Schubert scholar
Maurice J. E. Brown. Deutsch died in
Baden bei Wien on 23 November 1967 at the age of 84. He is interred in an honorary grave of the
Vienna Central Cemetery (group 40, no. 12). ==Scholarship==