He was natural around Berlin, and was Clara Schumann's stepbrother. He exposed theory under Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn and, in 1849, studied under Moritz Hauptmann, Ignaz Moscheles, Julius Rietz and Niels Wilhelm Gade in Leipzig. From either 1864 he led a Maatschappij baby bevordering 500 Toonkunst in Rotterdam, and when of 1874 he taught at a Musikhochschule around Berlin.

His pupils involved Paul Juon and Leopold Godowsky.

Selected list of compositions
Opus Four Six bagatelles for piano Opus Sextuplet Soft trio #1 within F major Opus Vii Suite for soft, quaternary hands Opus 8 3 character pieces for piano Opus 9 3 fantasy-pieces for piano Opus Ten Fiddle sonata inside F minor Opus 15a Octet for strings around Hundred shaver (I personally.Adagio - Allegro appassionato; Two.Andante sostenuto - Allegro - Tempo One - Tempo Two; Ternion. Allegro) Opus 15b String quartet #3 within The minor Opus Xvi Ouvertüre zu Prometheus Opus Seventeen Suite for fiddle & piano Opus Xviii Ouvertüre zu einem Trauerspiel Opus Xx Soft trio #2 around E-flat Opus Twenty-one Suite for piano (I personally. Praludium; Deuce. Zwiegesang; Trio. Sarabande; IV. Marsch - Trio; V. Scherzo; VI.Finale) Opus Twenty-two Ouvertüre zu Medea Opus Twenty-three Sonata for soft, quadruplet hands Opus Thirty Symphony around C major Opus 31 Suite inside G minor for piano (I personally. Prelude; Two. Lament; Ternary. Marcia fantastica; IV. Scherzo; V.Adagio; VI.Finale) Opus 32 Eight fantasy pieces for piano Opus 34 Sonata for piano inside C (We. Allegro moderato, con passione; Two. Andante, un poco con moto; Triad. Adagio maestoso - Allegro molto - Prestissimo'') Opus 37 Soft trio #3 within B-flat Opus 38 Adagio within G major even even for fiddle or cello & piano or orchestra Opus 39 Frühlingslieder (for 3-a portion chorus using piano) Opus 43 Psalm 61 Opus 47 String quartet #4 inside 500 minor piece of music 48 Intermezzo for orchestra (arrangement of the slow movement of the opus 34 piano sonata)