 At the same time he registered at the Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst with a view to establishing himself generally as a musician.He took courses in piano accompaniment (with Alfred Uhl and later Karl Schiske) and composition and arrangement (with Hanns Jelinek and Paul Hindemith).Full-time study proved to be difficult, however, with Engela having to take a number of part-time broadcasting jobs to make ends meet.