Moritz
Hauptmann (1792-1868)[F6G] Biographical Composer, theorist, and teacher.[F6G] Son of the architect Johann Gottlob Hauptmann and of Louise Salome Saxe, he married Susette Hummel in 1841.[F6G] Studied mathematics and architecture,[F6G] and then violin and composition with Spohr in 1811.[E6J] Violinist in Dresden, 1812-15.[E6J] Private music teacher to the family of Prince Repnin in Vienna, 1815-20.[E6J] Court chapel violinist under Spohr at Kassel for 20 years where he developed as a composer and theorist.[E6J] Kantor of the Thomasschule in Leipzig, 1842.[E6J] Taught theory and composition at the Leipzig Conservatory, 1843.[E6J] Editor of the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung, 1850.[E6J] Founder-member of the Bach-Gesellschaft, 1850.[E6J] Some of his more prominent students were Hans von Bülow, Ferdinand David, Salomon Jadassohn, Joseph Joachim, and C.F. Weitzmann.[E6J] Place of birth: Dresden[E6J] Place of death: Leipzig[E6J] |
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