HAUPTMANN, MORITZ. — Theorist and composer, b. in Dresden on Oct. 13, 1792, d. in Leipzig on Jan. 3, 1868. After thorough and careful studies, in 1812 he entered as a violinist the court chapel in Dresden; he then went to Vienna, St. Petersburg, Kassel, and in 1842 settled in Leipzig, where he was organist at the church of St. Thomas and professor of harmony and counterpoint at the Conservatory.
He wrote secular vocal music, masses, hymns, psalms, and motets, sonatas for violin and organ. He also published numerous theoretical studies, such as Die Natur der Harmonik und Metrik (Leipzig 1853), Die Lehre von der Harmonik (ibid. 1860), Erläuterung zu F. S. Bach Kunst der Fuge (2nd ed., ibid. 1861). He was co-founder and lifelong president of the Bach Society and supervised the printing of the first three volumes of the complete edition of Bach’s works.
