He was born to the artist, Karl Ferdinand Sohn, and his wife Emilie Auguste née Von Mülmann (1805-1884); a sister of the government councillor, Otto von Mülmann [de]. In 1851, he completed his public school education at the "Städtischen…
Cover of the book "Die seelische Gesunderhaltung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Kriegsverhältnisse" by J.H. Schultz, E.S. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin, 1941.
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He was left destitute by the failure of the family bank in 1830 and decided to devote himself to music; he soon became known and respected widely as a musical theorist and teacher. [2 ]