Introduction

Biography

Son of a min­is­ter and teach­er, Schein moved with his fa­mi­ly to Dresden at age se­ven when his fa­ther died.

Within six years, he was sing­ing in the Dres­den court choir and stu­dy­ing un­der its Ka­pell­meis­ter. He went on to stu­dy at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Leip­zig (1603), the Schup­for­ta near Naum­burg, and back at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Leip­zig around 1607.

Due to his de­mon­strat­ed abil­i­ties, by 1615 he be­came the Ka­pell­meis­ter at Wei­mar. In 1615, he was ap­point­ed can­tor at St. Tho­mas Church in Leip­zig, pre­ced­ing Bach there by more than a cen­tu­ry.

Works

• Sionium sive Can­ti­on­es Sac­rae, 1615
• Banchetto Mu­sic­ale, 1617
• Opella No­va an­der Theil, geist­liche Con­cert­en, 1618
• Diletti Pas­to­ra­li, 1624
• Cantional oder Ge­sang­buch aug­burg­isch­er Kon­fes­sion, 1627