See Also: Hauptmann, Moritz(encyclopedia)
Hauptmann, Gerhart (Johann Robert)(encyclopedia)
St Moritz(dictionary)
Moritz (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Weber, Moritz(medicine)
Schiff, Moritz(medicine)
Roth, Moritz(medicine)
Romberg, Moritz(medicine)
Ribbert, Moritz(medicine)
Hoffmann, Moritz(medicine)

serif (iou) and Hauptmann, Moritz (sh)


serif (iou)



serif noun. Also (arch.) ceriph. M19.
[Origin uncertain: perh. from Dutch schreef dash, line, from Germanic.]
Typography & Calligraphy. A usu. fine cross-stroke at the end of a principal stroke of a letter. Cf. SANS SERIF.
square serif: see SQUARE adjective.
serifed, seriffed adjective having serifs M20.

Hauptmann, Moritz (sh)




born Oct. 13, 1792, Dresden, Saxony
died Jan. 3, 1868, Leipzig

German musicologist.

After studying composition and violin with Louis Spohr, he played in a number of orchestras. From 1842 he was cantor of the Music school at J.S. Bach's former church in Leipzig. In 1850 he cofounded the Bach Gesellschaft, devoted to publishing Bach's complete works; he served as its president the rest of his life and edited its first three volumes. As a theorist, he is known for his emphasis on the harmonic dualism of major and minor (based on the philosophy of G.W.F. Hegel).