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Johann Theodor Roemhildt

Born: 23rd September 1684, Bad Salzungen, Germany

Died: 26th October 1756, Murseburg, Germany

Nationality: German

Johann Theodor Roemhildt 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.

Roemhildt was court kapellmeister to Heinrich Duke of Saxony (1661–1738) at Merseburg, where he later died.

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