Franz Anton Maichelbeck
German organist and composer
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Life
Born in Reichenau Island, Maichelbeck grew up there with twelve siblings and attended the Heinrich-Suso-Gymnasium Konstanz. He studied theology in Freiburg from 1721 and was sent to Rome on 27 September 1725 to study church music. In 1727/1728 he was appointed organist and cathedral kapellmeister at the Freiburg Cathedral.[1] Later he was appointed by prince bishop Johann Franz Schenk von Stauffenberg as HofKapellmeister in Augsburg.[2]
Anton died in Freiburg im Breisgau at age 47.
Publications and works
- 1734: Messe zu Ehren der Hl. Scholastika (Missa Sanctissimae Matris Scholasticae)
- 1738: Die auf dem Clavier lehrende Caecilia, welche guten Unterricht ertheilet[3]
- 1740: Requiem für Kaiser Karl VI.
Further reading
- Christoph Schmider: Franz Anton Maichelbeck (1702–1750) und die Kirchenmusik in Freiburg. I: Freiburger Diözesan-Archiv. 124. year 2004, pp. 157–165.
- Manfred Schuler, Christoph Schmider: Der Freiburger Münsterorganist Franz Anton Maichelbeck (1702–1750) und sein Requiem für Kaiser Karl VI.[4] In Christoph Schmider (publisher): Musik am Freiburger Münster. Rombach, Freiburg im Breisgau 2002, ISBN 3-7930-9306-9, pp. 128–145
