Charles T. Haubiel (1892-1978) was an American composer, pianist and teacher. He studied in the United States and Europe and became part of the musical world that encouraged American composers to write in larger concert forms.

His output includes orchestral works, piano music, chamber pieces and songs. The symphonic variations Karma, represented in the Pristine catalogue, belongs to the American orchestral repertory of the 1920s.

Haubiel’s music is rooted in late Romantic and early modern idioms, with a taste for broad gesture and clear formal design. It reflects a period when American composers were still negotiating their relationship with European models.

Although he is now a specialist name, Haubiel’s presence in historic recordings helps illuminate a wider American concert culture. His music stands among the sturdy side-roads of that developing tradition.