His amanuensis Eric Fenby and the English conductor Sir Thomas Beecham are the
greatest champions of his works.
His wife, Jelka, a painter, died just one year after him as a result of
the strain brought upon her health due to her devotion to her ailing
husband.
Is a good friend of Eric Fenby, who became his amanuensis from 1928 up to
his death in 1934, when he was already blind and paralysed and
therefore could no longer compose music by handwriting.
Parents are German. Father: Julius, who is a wool businessman. Mother:
Elise.