Introduction

Biography

Schicht stu­died or­gan un­der Jo­hann Trier at Zit­tau, and played in the Gross­es Con­cert and the Mu­sik­üb­en­de Ge­sell­schaft while at­tend­ing the Uni­ver­si­ty of Leip­zig.

He be­came the Ge­wand­haus con­cert di­rect­or in 1785, and Kan­tor of Leip­zig’s Tho­mas­schule in 1810.

Works

• Allgemeine Cho­ral­buch (Leip­zig, Ger­ma­ny: 1819)