Alfred Švarc (then spelled Schwarz) is also recorded as having been a student of composition in the class of Blagoje Bersa at the Music Academy in Zagreb, as confirmed by Bersa's diary entry for October 14, 1929.
Alfred Švarc (tada Schwarz) zabilježen je i kao student kompozicije u klasi Blagoja Berse na Muzičkoj akademiji u Zagrebu što potvrđuje i Bersin dnevnik od 14. listopada 1929. godine .