Education
He studied with Friedrich Wilhelm Dietz a pupil of Spohr and later with Wilhelmj.
He studied with Friedrich Wilhelm Dietz a pupil of Spohr and later with Wilhelmj.
He started his career at the age of 12. He was leader of famous orchestras: Berna (1870), Bremen (1872), Hamburg (1880). After a stroke in 1900 he concentrated in teaching.