August Haupt
Carl August Haupt (born August 28, 1810 in Kuhnau / Silesia , † July 4, 1891 in Berlin ) was a German organist , music teacher and composer .
Life
Haupt was trained as organist between 1827 and 1830 in Berlin by August Wilhelm Bach , Bernhard Klein and Siegfried Dehn and worked a. a. at the Parochialkirche (Berlin) from 1848 until his death. He gained a reputation as an outstanding organist and in 1869 succeeded August Wilhelm Bach as director of the Royal Institute for Church Music , where he taught as a professor. The first music professor in the USA, John Knowles Paine , studied in Berlin a. a. studied organ literature with main, singing with Gustav Wilhelm Teschne r and composition with Wilhelm Wieprecht . Haupt wrote an organ school, an organ chorale book and composed numerous songs . Of his compositions for organ, only his large C major fugue and two chorale arrangements have survived. Haupt also published the organ works of his late friend Carl Ludwig Thiele .
literature
- Robert Eitner: Haupt, Karl August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 50, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1905, p. 74.
- Franziska Arndt, Klaus Bechstein, Sigrid Fundheller, Daniel Krebs, Regina Steindl, Wolf Mankiewicz in "300 Years of Parochial Church, Contributions to History" Ev. Marien parish, Berlin 2003
Web links
- Literature by and about August Haupt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Choral book for domestic use by August Haupt in the Google book search
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haupt, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haupt, Carl August (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organist, music teacher and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kuhnau , Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 1891 |
| Place of death | Berlin |