Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ Abitur ya, Xeiss gụrụ egwu egwu na Hans Stieber na usoro egwu egwu na Franz von Glasenapp na Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Halle/Saale site na 1952 ruo 1955. Isiokwu ndị na-adịchaghị mkpa bụ piano na viola. Site na 1955 ruo 1957 ọ mụrụ ihe na Rudolf Wagner-Régeny na usoro egwu na Ruth Zechlin (nkwekọrịta), na Jürgen Wilbrandt (counterpoint) na Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" na East Berlin. N'afọ 1957, o mere ule Staatsexamen ya. Okwu nkatọ ya banyere
Ọgba aghara nke East German nke 1953 gbochiri ya ịghọ onye na-achọsi ike na Berlin. Site na 1957 ruo 1959 ọ nọ kama maka ihe odide na Rudolf Wagner-Régeny na Academy of Arts, Berlin. Paul Dessau gbakwara ya ume.