About
Popular musician in his day who was best known for applying abstract forms to fugues, operas, and symphonies. He was a firm believer in absolute music, or music that is not explicitly about anything and is non-representational.
Before Fame
He had a successful teaching career that culminated in his 1911 appointment as Hofkapellmeister in the court of Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.
Trivia
He produced numerous vocal works, Lieder, pieces for mixed-chorus, men's chorus, and female chorus, and choral works in fewer than three decades.
Family Life
He was the cousin of fellow German composer Hans von Koessler.
Associated With
He saw himself as being part of the tradition of Ludwig van Beethoven.
