Johann Gottfried Schicht, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johann Gottfried Schicht

German composer and conductor

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1753

Place of Birth: Bogatynia, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 16-Feb-1823

Profession: composer, conductor, choir director

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Johann Gottfried Schicht (29 September 1753 – 16 February 1823) was a German composer and conductor. Schicht was born in Reichenau, in the Electorate of Saxony, and studied from 1776 at the Leipzig Rechtswissenschaft.
He was the conductor of the Gewandhausorchester from 1785 to 1810, and then the cantor of the Thomanerchor until 1823, when he died, aged 69, in Leipzig. His most important work is a great choirbook from 1819.
Besides that, he wrote masses, motets, cantatas, a setting of the 100th Psalm, four Te deums, one piano concerto, sonatas and capriccio.

Friedrich August Zimmermann (1805–1876)
Alternative names	Friedrich aug. Zimmermann
Description	painter and lithographer
Date of birth/death	10 August 1805	9 April 1876
Location of birth/death	Roßwein	Dresden
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