Carl August Haupt (28 August 1810,

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, Silesia – 4 July 1891, Berlin) was a German organist, organ teacher and composer. Between 1827 and 1830, Haupt was musically trained in Berlin by

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and Siegfried Dehn and he also worked as an organist in several churches and Berlin's

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. He gained a reputation of an outstanding organist and in 1869, he became the successor of August Wilhelm Bach as a director of the Royal Institute for Church Music in Berlin where he taught theory and organ-playing. 1Haupt's compositions include ''Organ school'', ''Organ choral book'' and many songs. From his compositions for organ, however, only the ''Great fugue in C major'' and two choral arrangements have been preserved. He also published organ works of his deceased friend

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. His students included John Knowles Paine,

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, Edward Fisher,

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, Whitney Eugene Thayer,

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and

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Haupt, Carl August 1810 births 1891 deaths German classical organists German male organists German Romantic composers 19th-century classical composers German male classical composers 19th-century German composers 19th-century German male musicians Male classical organists 19th-century organists