Carl Gustav Schmitt (9 December 1837 – 22 March 1900) was a New Zealand violinist, composer, conductor and university professor.
He is also responsible for composing the national anthem of Tonga, "Ko e fasi ʻo e tuʻi ʻo e ʻOtu Tonga", where he had written the music set to lyrics written by ʻUelingatoni Ngū Tupoumalohi, the second Crown Prince of the island kingdom at the time.
[1] His only daughter, Ethel Mildred Schmitt, married Auckland barrister Fred Earl in 1890,[2] but died two years later aged 20.
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