Founder in 1878 with Xaver Scharwenka and Gustav Hollaender of the Abonnementskonzerte für Kammermusik in the Sing-Akademie, Berlin, which continued until 1929. After the 1st world war Émile Sauret (1915–1920), Max von Pauer and Florián Zajíc (1915–1924) participated.