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Composer
Moritz Hauptmann
| 1792-1868Moritz Hauptmann, born in Dresden in 1792, died in Leipzig in 1868. As a composer and music theorist, one of the most influential figures of the first half of the 19th century. From 1811 pupil and later best friend of L. Spohr; in 1812 member of his court orchestra; from 1815 private music teacher in Russia; in 1822 again with Spohr, this time in Kassel; in 1842, on Spohr's and Mendelssohn's recommendation, he became Thomaskantor and music director in Leipzig, shortly afterwards also a teacher at the conservatory; in 1850 co-founder and chairman of the Bach Society. In addition to secular choral works, he composed many motets. Personal details
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Songwriter / Librettist
Johann Georg Jacobi
| 1740-1814