In order to escape from a commercial career into which his father wished to force him, he ran away from home as a lad of 15 and finally went to Vienna, where he studied singing with Gänsbacher.
He ran away from home as a lad of 15. This was to escape from a commercial career into which his father wished to force him. He finally went to Vienna. This was to escape from a commercial career into which his father wished to force him. He studied singing with Gänsbacher.