 He studied music theory and composition from 1919–1924 at the Cologne Musikhochschule with Hermann Abendroth, , and August von Othegraven.In 1924, while still a student, he published an "Atonale Musiklehre" (Atonal Music Theory Text) which, together with a twelve-tone string quartet composed for the end-of-term examination concert, led to an altercation with Bölsche, who withdrew the quartet from the program and expelled Eimert from his composition class .In 1924, he began studies in musicology at the University of Cologne with Ernst Bücken, Willi Kahl, and Georg Kinsky, and read philosophy with Max Scheler (a pupil of Husserl) and Nicolai Hartmann.