His legacy is a large number of successful trumpet students and the method book, Daily Drills and Technical Studies.
He emigrated first to the United States in 1894 as his father had done previously, but returned to Riga shortly thereafter for compulsory military service which he never completed.
After moving to Berlin, he studied under Julius Kosleck and toured with Arthur Nikisch, Hans Richter, and Felix Weingartner.
[4] Some of his many trumpet students include Louis Davidson, Harry Glantz, Saul Caston, Renold Schilke, William Vacchiano, Mannie Klein, Bernie Glow, and James Stamp.
Harry Freistadt compiled the manuscripts left behind by his teacher and father-in-law, Max Schlossberg, after his death.