Charles Trowbridge Haubiel (born

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, January 30, 1892 - died

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, August 26, 1978) was an American composer. He toured as a pianist and a lecturer. He composed three

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s in addition to much

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l and chamber music. His music has been described as a combination of Johannes Brahms and Claude Debussy.

Early life

Having first studied piano under his sister, Florence Pratt Morey, he, at the age of sixteen, continued his music instruction in Berlin with

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and

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. Later, in

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, he studied piano under Josef and

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, counterpoint with

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, and orchestration with

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.''Contemporary American Symphonic Classics.'' Liner notes. Hans-Jurgen Walther and the Philharmonia Orchestra. LP 1008. Hollywood: Dorian Records, 1961. In New York City, from 1921 to 1931, he taught piano at the Institute of Musical Art, now known as Juilliard, and at

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from 1923 to 1947. In 1935, he organized The Composers' Press in order to promote the works of contemporary American composers.

Compositions

During

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, he was stationed in

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, where he composed his ''Portraits'' for solo piano in 1919. The three movements were musical portraits of his friends Lee Pattison, Guy Maier, and Edwin Sauter. An orchestral version of the piece, under the title ''Tre Ritratti Characteristici'', won the Swift Symphonic Contest in 1935, and was subsequently premiered by

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and the

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. His set of

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for orchestra, ''Karma'', won first prize in the

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References

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Haubiel's papers
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