Johann Theodor Roemhildt
Johann Theodor Roemhildt (1684–1756) was a German Baroque composer born in Salzungen. As a child, he studied in Ruhla with Johann Jacob Bach; and from age thirteen on at St. Thomas' School, Leipzig under Johann Schelle and Johann Kuhnau. His fellow students included Christoph Graupner, Johann Friedrich Fasch and Johann David Heinichen.[1]
Roemhildt was court kapellmeister to Heinrich Duke of Saxony (1661–1738) at Merseburg, where he later died.
Works, editions and recordings[]
236 of Roemhildt's cantatas survive, 50 of which are solo cantatas, along with a St. Matthew Passion.
- Cantatas Es geht kein andrer Weg zum Himmel and Meine Sonne stehet stille Klaus Mertens, Accademia Daniel, dir Shalev Ad-El, 2007.
- Cantatas 'Kommt, Ihr Herzen, kommt ihr Lippen' and 'Nun danket alle Gott', in "Christmas Cantatas of 18th Century Danzig": Goldberg Baroque Ensemble, dir Andrejz Mikolaj Szadejko; Kantaty Bozonarodzeniowe; Sarton Records, Warsaw, 2010
References[]
- ^ Uta Wald, essay in booklet to CD Baroque Bass Cantatas from Central Germany cpo 2007
Categories:
- 1684 births
- 1756 deaths
- People from Bad Salzungen
- German Baroque composers
- 18th-century classical composers
- German classical composers
- German male classical composers
- 18th-century German composers
- 18th-century male musicians
- German composer stubs