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
[edit]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, cond. 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, cond. Andrzej Mikolaj Szadejko; Kantaty Bozonarodzeniowe; Sarton Records, Warsaw, 2010
References
[edit]- ^ Uta Wald, essay in booklet to CD Baroque Bass Cantatas from Central Germany cpo 2007
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