Several of his hymn melodies are part of the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob.
He organizes continued education in music and training of choral conductors, often at Haus Altenberg.
He composed melodies for several hymns by Georg Thurmair, which contradicted the Nazi ideology by a focus on Jesus and the church.
He was in 1938 one of the publishers of Kirchenlied, an attempt to create a common hymnal for German-speaking Catholics.
He composed 150 songs, 30 canons and about 450 settings for choir or orchestra.