Johann Theodor Roemhildt

Johann Theodor Roemhildt (Salzungen, 1684 – Merseburg, 1756) was a German baroque composer.

He studied in Ruhla as a child with Johann Jacob Bach, then from the age of thirteen at St. Thomas' School, Leipzig under Johann Schelle and Johann Kuhnau. Fellow pupils included Christoph Graupner, Johann Friedrich Fasch and Johann David Heinichen.[1]

He was court kapellmeister to Heinrich Duke of Saxony (1661–1738) at Merseburg.

Works, editions and recordings

230 cantatas survive, 50 of which are solo cantatas, along with a St. Matthew Passion.

References

  1. ^ Uta Wald, essay in booklet to CD Baroque Bass Cantatas from Central Germany cpo 2007