| Timeline |
| 1883 |
Born 3 December in Vienna; son of a civil servant |
| 1897 |
Plays the cello in the concert society orchestra of Klagenfurt |
| 1902 |
Studies at Vienna University under Adler |
| 1904 |
Becomes one of Schönberg's first pupils |
| 1911 |
Marries Wilhelmine Mörtl |
| 1915 |
Volunteers for the Austrian army |
| 1916 |
Discharged from army for poor eyesight |
| 1921 |
Appointed choirmaster of the male-voice choral society of Mödling |
| 1922 |
Directs Vienna Workers' Symphony Concerts |
| 1925 |
Conducts the choir of the institute for the blind in Döbling |
| 1926 |
Resigns from Mödling post after being criticised for hiring a Jewish singer |
| 1938 |
Nazis burned his writings and forbade performances of his music after Hitler took over Austria. |
| 1945 |
In spring, he flees from Vienna to Mittersill, where his daughter lives. On 15 September, he was accidentally shot by an American soldier in Mittersill after the end of hostilities (he was mistaken for a smuggler) |
