Johan Helmich Roman

Johan Helmich Roman ( born October 26, 1694 Stockholm, † November 20, 1758 in Ryssby socks near Kalmar) was a Swedish composer of the Baroque period.

Life

Johan Helmich Roman received his first music lessons from his father, a member of the Royal Swedish Court Orchestra. Already before 1711, he was himself a member of the court orchestra. King Charles XII. allowed him in the time from 1715 to 1721 to study in England, where he was trained by Johann Christoph Pepusch and Attilio Ariosti. During this time he had a job at the Duke of Newcastle and meetings with distinguished musicians such as George Frideric Handel, Francesco Geminiani, Giovanni Battista Bononcini and others. After his return in 1721 he became Vice-Kapellmeister to the court orchestra and its conductor from 1727.

Since he was the first Swedish composer, who achieved a greater importance, he is called " the father of Swedish music " or " the Swedish Handel ." Roman was a friend of the lighter, Italian baroque music. Musically, he followed the example of the graceful, not usually polyphonic style of Domenico Scarlatti and Giovanni Pergolesi.

His best-known composition is the Drottningholmsmusik of 1744, a large suite in 24 sets. He composed it on the occasion of the marriage of the heir to the throne Swedish Adolf Fredrik with the sister of Frederick the Second of Prussia, Ulrike Louise ( Lovisa Ulrika ).

Novel work includes suites, concertos and symphonies as well as numerous works in the field of chamber and church music. His 12 flute sonatas are particularly famous. He was a virtuoso violinist, also an oboist and conductor. In his work as first Kapellmeister he rendered great educational benefits and arranged the first public concerts in Stockholm.

With its approximately 20 -years-younger wife, who died at the age of only 24 years, Roman had five children. His last years were darkened by increasing deafness. He retired from Stockholm to the estate Lilla Haraldsmåla in southern Sweden, where he finally succumbed to cancer.

Novel compositions have been cataloged by Ingemar Bengtsson and are usually referred to as the so-called Beri - number.

Works

Festmusik

  • The Golovin Music, Beri 1
  • The Drottningholmsmusik, Beri 2

Other works

  • 23 symphonies
  • 6 overtures
  • 5 Orchestral Suites
  • 2 Concerti grossi ( including one with harpsichord obbligato )
  • 5 Violin Concertos
  • 1 Concerto for Oboe d' amore, BERI 53
  • 17 trio sonatas (usually with a figured bass)
  • XII Sonate a flauto traverso, violone e cembalo ( pressure 1727, Ulrika Eleonora ) dedicated.
  • 1 Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord
  • Piano Pieces ( et al 12 suites and 12 sonatas )
  • Violin Sonatas and exercises ( including Assaggio à Violino solo, Beri 301, printing 1740)
  • Violinduos
  • Swedish Exhibition for soloists, chorus and orchestra
  • Cantatas ( Dixit Dominus, Jubilate, O God, we praise you )
  • Hymns ( for example, Beati omnes )
  • David's Psalms for one or more voices with orchestra
  • Approx. 80 sacred songs ( with lyrics especially from the Psalms of David ) for one or more voices with basso continuo or with violin and basso continuo, sometimes with a larger ensemble.
  • Several songs to secular texts, including several poems by Jakob Frese, Olof von Dalin and others.

Arrangements by other composers

  • Svite ur Drottningholmsmusiken, Band edited by Stig Gustafson
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