Franz Anton Maichelbeck

Franz Anton Maichelbeck (6 July 1702 – 14 June 1750) was a German organist and composer.

Born in Reichenau Island, Maichelbeck grew up there with twelve siblings and attended the Heinrich-Suso-Gymnasium Konstanz [de].

He studied theology in Freiburg from 1721 and was sent to Rome on 27 September 1725 to study church music.

[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.