Karl Adler

Karl Adler was born on January 25, 1890 in Buttenhausen, a district of the municipality of Münsingen. In 1902, he began his training at the Protestant Teachers' Seminary in Esslingen. After his teacher's examination, he was employed as a head teacher and teacher at an Israelite school. In 1910 he began his studies at the Royal Conservatory in Stuttgart. He then became a singer at the Stuttgart Court Theater. In 1940, he, his wife and his parents emigrated to the USA. From 1946 to 1968, he worked as a music professor at Yeshiva University, a conservative Jewish university.