Johann Theodor Roemhildt (Salzungen, 1684 – Merseburg

Merseburg

Merseburg is a town in the south of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt on the river Saale, approx. 14 km south of Halle . It is the capital of the Saalekreis district. It had a diocese founded by Archbishop Adalbert of Magdeburg....

, 1756) was a German baroque composer.

He studied in Ruhla

Ruhla

Ruhla is a town situated in the forest of Thuringia in the district of Wartburgkreis in Germany, immediately next to the Rennsteig. Thal and Kittelsthal are parts of the town.-Church of St. Concordia:...

 as a child with Johann Jacob Bach

Johann Jacob Bach

Johann Jacob Bach was a German musician, composer and an older brother of Johann Sebastian Bach....

, then from the age of thirteen at St. Thomas' School, Leipzig under Johann Schelle

Johann Schelle

Johann Schelle was a German baroque composer.Schelle was born in Geising and died in Leipzig. He was the cantor of the Thomanerchor from 1677 to 1701....

 and Johann Kuhnau

Johann Kuhnau

Johann Kuhnau was a German composer, organist and harpsichordist.-Biography :Kuhnau was born in Geising, Saxony. He grew up in a religious Lutheran family. At age nine, he auditioned successfully for the Kreuzschule in Dresden...

. Fellow pupils included Christoph Graupner

Christoph Graupner

Christoph Graupner was a German harpsichordist and composer of high Baroque music who lived and worked at the same time as Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann and George Frideric Handel.-Graupner's life:Born in Hartmannsdorf near Kirchberg in Saxony, Graupner received his first musical...

, Johann Friedrich Fasch

Johann Friedrich Fasch

Johann Friedrich Fasch was a German violinist and composer.Fasch was born in Buttelstedt, was a choirboy in Weissenfels and studied under Johann Kuhnau at the famous St. Thomas School in Leipzig and later founded a Collegium Musicum in that city...

 and Johann David Heinichen

Johann David Heinichen

Johann David Heinichen was a German Baroque composer and music theorist who brought the musical genius of Venice to the court of Augustus the Strong in Dresden...

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

Merseburg

Merseburg is a town in the south of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt on the river Saale, approx. 14 km south of Halle . It is the capital of the Saalekreis district. It had a diocese founded by Archbishop Adalbert of Magdeburg....

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Works, editions and recordings

230 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
  Klaus Mertens is a German bass and bass-baritone singer who is known especially for his interpretation of the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach.-Professional career:Klaus Mertens took singing lessons while attending school...
  
  , Accademia Daniel, dir Shalev Ad-El, 2007.