Johann Theodor Roemhildt (1684–1756) was a German Baroque composer born in

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. As a child, he studied in

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with

Johann Jacob Bach Johann Jacob Bach (or Johann Jakob) (baptised – 16 April 1722) was a German musician, composer and an older brother of Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach is thought to have been born in Eisenach. After his studies at the Latin school there, he be ...

; and from age thirteen on at St. Thomas' School, Leipzig under

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and

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. His fellow students included

Christoph Graupner Christoph Graupner (13 January 1683 – 10 May 1760) was a German composer and harpsichordist of late Baroque music who was a contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann and George Frideric Handel. Life Born in Hartmannsdorf ...

Johann Friedrich Fasch Johann Friedrich Fasch (15 April 1688 – 5 December 1758) was a German violinist and composer. Much of his music is in the Baroque-Classical transitional style known as galant. Life Fasch was born in the town of Buttelstedt, 11 km north o ...

and

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.Uta Wald, essay in booklet to CD ''Baroque Bass Cantatas from Central Germany'' cpo 2007 Roemhildt was court ''kapellmeister'' to Heinrich Duke of Saxony (1661–1738) at

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, 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 Klaus Mertens (born 25 March 1949, in Kleve) is a German bass and bass-baritone singer who is known especially for his interpretation of the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach for bass voice. Career Klaus Mertens took singing lessons ...

, 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

1684 births 1756 deaths People from Bad Salzungen German Baroque composers 18th-century classical composers German male classical composers 18th-century German composers 18th-century German male musicians {{Germany-composer-stub