He began violin studies with his father, who had been appointed the first music director of the Kansas City Philharmonic.
Blitz was engaged as a cellist in the Kursaal Orchestra in Ostend, Belgium, then returned to the United States.
He lived in New York City briefly, then accepted a position at Baylor College in Belton, Texas.
In San Antonio Blitz was also the director of the Chaminade Choral Society of the Tuesday Musical Club.
Blitz was married to pianist Flora Briggs on January 24, 1921, and died in Dallas on July 17, 1951.