==Early life==Schreier was born in Meissen, Saxony, East Germany, and spent his first years in the small village of Gauernitz, near Meissen, where his father was a teacher, cantor and organist.
== Biografía ==Schreier pasó sus primeros años en el pequeño pueblo de Gauernitz, cerca de Meissen, donde su padre era profesor, cantor y organista.