The German composer and conductor, Heinrich Marschner, who studied music under J.G. Schicht, occupies an important position in the history of German Romantic opera.

His first opera, "Heinrich IV und D’Aubigné" was staged by Weber in 1820 in Dresden where Marschner was appointed joint music director of the Opera Theatre in 1823.

After Weber’s death he settled in Leipzig as kapellmeister of the theatre there.

The best known of Marschner's thirteen operas is "Hans Heiling", based on the story of a marriage between an Earth Spirit and a mortal woman and first performed in Berlin in 1833.

Two other well known operas are "Der Vampyr" (The Vampire) and "Der Templer und die Jüdin" (The Templar and the Jew).