Paul Graener was his teacher in the musical composition class, and Otto Lohse in conducting.
In 1932 he conducted the world premiere of Mark Lothar's adaptation of Haydn's Il mondo della luna, which was broadcast by several radio stations.
In 1932 he conducted performances of Flotow's opera Alessandro Stradella, Hindemith's Cardillac and Hans Pfitzner's Christelfein.
In the same year 1932 he arranged the premiere of Robert Alfred Kirchner's Requiem Opfergang with the Schweriner Gesangverein.
For this reason he left Schwerin at the end of 1932 and accepted an appointment as first Kapellmeister of the Dresden Philharmonic.