Franz Anton Maichelbeck (1702 - 1750) Allemagne 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. In 1727/1728 he was appointed organist and cathedral kapellmeister at the Freiburg Cathedral. Later he was appointed by prince bishop Johann Franz Schenk von Stauffenberg as HofKapellmeister in Augsburg.