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 fin­al­ly 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.

Schein’s works in­clude:

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

Sources

Music

1. Eis­en­ach
   • Leipzig
2. Zion Klagt