 His first (privately) printed works, two "Romanzen" (lieder) appeared in 1894, the year he began studies with Bargiel.During his time in Berlin he was a composition professor, employed by Joseph Joachim; his students included Hans Chemin-Petit, 
Werner Richard Heymann, Nikos Skalkottas, Henry Jolles, Pancho Vladigerov, 
Philipp Jarnach, Heinrich Kaminski, Lauri Ikonen, Max Trapp, Heino Kaski, Yrjö Kilpinen, Gerhart von Westerman, Hans Moltkau, Giannis Konstantinidis, Wilhelm Guttmann, Stefan Wolpe, Nicolas Nabokov and Gunnar Johansen.He retired to Switzerland in 1934, and died in Vevey.