Johan Helmich Roman

Short bio Johan Helmich Roman

Birthday: 1694

Died: 1758

Full biography Johan Helmich Roman

Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758) was a Swedish Baroque composer , often referred to as the "father of Swedish music". He is known for being the first Swedish composer to write instrumental and choral works that could be compared favorably to those of German and Italian composers.

Roman studied music in London with Johann Christoph Pepusch and George Frideric Handel. He then returned to Sweden and became the Kapellmästare (music director) at the Royal Swedish court in Stockholm. He held this position for over thirty years until his death in 1758.

During his tenure as Kapellmästare, Roman composed over 200 works, including operas, ballets, cantatas, and instrumental pieces. His most famous work is The Drottningholm Music, which he wrote in 1744 for Sweden's Queen Ulrika Eleonora. This collection of music includes some of his most well-known pieces, such as the Orchestral Suite in D major.

Roman's music is characterized by its Italian influence and its use of simple, clear melodies. He often used a mix of string instruments, wind instruments, and harpsichord in his compositions. Although his music was not widely known outside of Sweden during his lifetime, his influence on Swedish music cannot be overstated.

Today, Roman is considered one of the most important figures in Swedish musical history. His music is still performed and recorded, and he is celebrated as the composer who laid the foundation for Swedish classical music.

Albums featuring Johan Helmich Roman

#	Name album	Year	Music label
1	Johan Helmich Roman - Yu-Wei Hu, Flauguissimo, Johan Löfving, Magdalena Loth-Hill, Emily Atkinson, Henrik Persson (3) – To The Northern Star (Chamber Works For Flute)(CD, Album)	2023	Resonus Classics
2	Johan Helmich Roman, Höör Barock & Dan Laurin – Golovinmusiken(SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Stereo, Album)	2019	BIS
3	Bach, Roman, Scarlatti, Telemann, Weiss − Enea Leone – Bach, Roman, Scarlatti, Telemann, Weiss(CD, Album)	2017	Stradivarius
4	J.H. Roman, Dan Laurin, Paradiso Musicale – The 12 Flute Sonatas, Nos 6-12(SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel)	2016	BIS
5	J.H. Roman, Anna Paradiso – The 12 Keyboard Sonatas Nos 8-12(SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel)	2015	BIS
6	J.H. Roman, Anna Paradiso – The 12 Keyboard Sonatas Nos 1-7(SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel)	2014	BIS
7	J.H. Roman, Dan Laurin, Paradiso Musicale – The 12 Flute Sonatas, Nos 1-5(SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel)	2014	BIS
8	Johan Helmich Roman: A Musical Portrait(CD, Compilation)	2013	Musica Sveciae
9	Johan Helmich Roman, Oskar Ekberg – 12 Keyboard Suites(2×CD, Album)	2012	Daphne Records
10	Roman, Fux, Corrette, Vivaldi, de Fesch, Telemann, Avondano, Handel, Rameau, Concerto Grosso Berlin, Marie Friederike Schöder – A Cavalier's Tour Through Baroque Europe(CD, Album)	2012	Berlin Classics
11	Johan Helmich Roman, Andrew Manze, Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester – Drottningholmsmusiken, Music For A Royal Wedding(CD, Album)	2010	BIS Records AB
12	Johan Helmich Roman - Ensemble 1700 Lund, Göran Karlsson (8) – Drottningholmsmusiken (Music For A Royal Wedding)(CD, Album)	2010	cpo
13	Johan Helmich Roman, Camerata Roman – Soloconcertos(CD, Album)	2010	Intim Musik
14	Johan Helmich Roman, REBaroque, Maria Lindal – The Swedish Virtuoso(CD, Album)	2008	Proprius
15	G.F.Händel, John Stanley (2), Johan Helmich Roman, Parnassus Avenue – Airs And Graces - Scottish Tunes And London Sonatas(SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel)	2008	BIS
16	Johan Helmich Roman, Maria Bania, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Jane Gower, Thomas Pitt – Sonate A Flauto Traverso, Violone E Cembalo(2×CD, Album)	2007	Caprice Records
17	Henry Purcell, Johan Helmich Roman, George Frideric Handel, Camerata Roman – Camerata Roman Plays Baroque	1999	Intim Musik
18	Roman, Ulf Björlin, Claes Merithz – Drottningholmsmusiken(CD, Album, Remastered)	1998	EMI Classics Red Line
19	The Swedish Mass - Then Svenska Messan(CD, Album)	1997	Domkyrkans Kammarkör
20	Roman, Uppsala Kammarorkester, Anthony Halstead – Drottningholmsmusiken / Lilla Drottningholmsmusiken	1997	Naxos
21	Klassiker För Barn(CD, Album)	1995	Caprice Records
22	Johan Helmich Roman, Drottningholms Barockensemble, Nils-Erik Sparf – Drottningholmsmusiken(CD, Album)	1994	Musica Sveciae
23	Johan Helmich Roman - Elizabeth Wallfisch, Lisa Beznosiuk, Anthony Robson, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Anthony Halstead – Solo Concertos(CD, Album)	1994	Musica Sveciae
24	Johan Helmich Roman, Eva Nordenfelt – Johan Helmich Roman - Music for Harpsichord(2×CD, )	1994	Swedish Society Discofil
25	Johan Helmich Roman, Susanne Rydén, Björn Gäfvert, Eva Nordenfelt, Kari Ottesen, Sven Åberg – Songs(CD, Album)	1994	Swedish Society Discofil
26	Johan Helmich Roman, Trio Sonnerie – Trio Sonatas(CD, Album)	1994	Musica Sveciae
27	Johan Helmich Roman, Péter Csaba – 6 Assaggi À Violino Solo(CD, Album)	1994	Chamber Sound
28	Göran Marcusson, Camerata Roman, Grieg, Larsson, Lindberg, Simai, Roman – The Nordic Flute(CD, )	1993	Intim Musik
29	Vivaldi, Bach, Roman, Bedrich Janáček – Transcriptions for Organ - Vivaldi, Bach, Roman(CD, Album)	1993	Proprius
30	Johan Helmich Roman - Rydén, Högman, Lindskog, Mattei, Eric Ericson's Chamber Choir, The Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble, Eric Ericson – Cantatas(CD, Album)	1993	Musica Sveciae
31	Roman - Cappella Coloniensis, Ulf Björlin – Drottningholm-Musik / Concerto Grosso	1992	Capriccio (2)
32	The Drottningholm Music(CD, Remastered)	1991	CNC
33	J. H. Roman, Affetti Musicali, Ensemble Pasticcio – A Portrait In Music(CD, Album)	1991	Proprius
34	Lilla Drottningholmsmusiken(CD, Album)	1991	Proprius
35	Anne Sofie Von Otter – Händel, Monteverdi, Telemann	1990	Proprius
36	Jaap Schröder, Drottningholms Barockensemble, Johan Helmich Roman – Johan Helmich Roman Sinfonior	1990	Musica Sveciae
37	Roman, Sibelius, Rautavaara, Larsson, Carlstedt, Musica Vitae, Wojciech Rajski, Helén Jahren – Nordic Music Vol. 1(CD, Album)	1990	BIS
38	Johan Helmich Roman, Penelope Evison, Christoph Huntgeburth, Eva Nordenfelt, Kari Ottesen, Olof Larsson – Flute Sonatas No 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 & 9(CD, Album)	1989	Proprius
39	J.H.Roman, Penelope Evison, Olof Larsson, Eva Nordenfelt, Kari Ottesen – Flute Sonatas No. 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12(CD, Album)	1989	Proprius
40	Roman, Sibelius, Rautavaara, Larsson, Carlstedt, Musica Vitae, Wojciech Rajski, Helén Jahren – Kammarorkestern Musica Vitae Chamber Orchestra(CD, Album)	1988	Musik I Kronoberg
41	Johan Helmich Roman, Ilona Maros, Béla Szilágyi, Capella Savaria, Pál Németh – Secular Cantatas(CD, )	1988	Hungaroton
42	Johan Helmich Roman, Christoph Huntgeburth, Olof Larsson, Eva Nordenfelt – Flute Sonatas Nris 1, 5, 2, 9(LP, Album)	1988	Proprius
43	Johan Helmich Roman, Ilona Maros, Béla Szilágyi, Capella Savaria, Pál Németh – Secular Cantatas(LP, Album)	1988	Hungaroton
44	Johan Helmich Roman, Jaap Schröder, Johann Sonnleitner – Sonatas And Assaggi	1987	Caprice Records
45	Музыка Замка Дротнингхольм(LP)	1987	Мелодия
46	Johan Helmich Roman, Drottningholm's Chamber Orchestra, Stig Westerberg – The Drottningholm Music / Sinfonias Violin Concerto(CD, Compilation, Remastered)	1987	Swedish Society Discofil
47	Johan Helmich Roman, Wilhelm Stenhammar, Ture Rangström, Lars-Erik Larsson, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger – Svenska Klassiker II(5×LP, Stereo, Box Set, Compilation, Reissue)	1986	His Master's Voice
48	Johan Helmich Roman, The Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble – The Golovin Music	1986	Caprice Records
49	J. H. Roman, Penelope Evison – J. H. Roman's Flute Sonatas Nris 12, 10, 6, 7(LP)	1985	Proprius
50	Johan Helmich Roman - Nils-Erik Sparf, The Orpheus Chamber Ensemble, Stockholm – 3 Violin Concertos - 3 Sinfonias	1985	BIS
51	Musica Sveciæ, Roman, Agrell, von Koch – Kammarorkestern Musica Sveciæ Spelar: Roman - Agrell - Von Koch(LP)	1985	Fermat
52	Roman, Morén, Ericson, Söderholm, Hedvig Eleonora Motettkör, Stockholms Barockmusiker Conducted by Karl-Göran Ehntorp – Te Deum(LP, Album)	1984	HEM (7)
53	Johan Helmich Roman — Adolf Fredriks Bachkör, Drottningholms Barockensemble, Anders Öhrwall – Then Svenska Messan (The Swedish Mass)	1984	Proprius
54	Johan Helmich Roman / Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Per Olof Gillblad, Eva Nordenfelt, Capella Calmariensis, Claes-Merithz Pettersson – Oboe d'Amorekonsert / Golowinmusiquen, Svit / Cembalokonsert(LP, Stereo)	1983	His Master's Voice
55	J.H.Roman, Penelope Evison, Olof Larsson, Eva Nordenfelt – Flute Sonatas Nris 4, 11, 3, 8	1983	Proprius
56	Johan Helmich Roman, The Chamber Orchestra Of The National Museum, Stockholm, Claude Génetay – The Drottningholm Music (Royal Wedding Music Performed In 1744 At Drottningholm By Roman)	1983	Polar
57	Roman, Oskarshamnsensemblen, Claes Merithz Pettersson – Oskarshamnsensemblen Spelar Roman(LP, Stereo)	1980	Fermat
58	L.-E. Larsson, J.-H. Roman, K. Atterberg, H. Rosenberg, The Stockholm Sinfonietta, J.-O. Wedin, Alf Nilsson, Nils-Erik Sparf, Jouko Mansnerus, Elemér Lavotha – A Swedish Pastorale (Pastoral Suite - A Winter's Tale / Concerto For Oboe D'Amore / Suite No. 3	1980	BIS
59	Berwald, Lidholm, Roman, Riksradions Symfoniorkester, Herbert Blomstedt – Berwald, Lidholm, Roman(LP, Album, Stereo)	1979	SR Records
60	Antonín Dvořák, Peter I. Tschaikowsky, Robert Volkmann, Johan H.Roman, Jean-Pierre Eustache, Kölner Kammerorchester, Helmut Müller-Brühl, Jiří Stárek, René Forest – Musica Notturna(LP, Stereo)	1978	Schwann Musica Mundi
61	Kraus, Roman, Johnsen, Nationalmusei Kammarorkester – En Sommarnattskonsert På 1700-talet(LP)	1978	EMI
62	Johan Helmich Roman, Drottningholmsteaterns Kammarorkester, Per-Olof Gillblad, Stockholms Filharmoniska Orkester, Ulf Björlin – Drottningholmsmusiken Och Konsert För Oboe	1978	His Master's Voice
63	Swedish Mass(LP, Album)	1977	PETERS INTERNATIONAL
64	Gotthard Arnér, Hovland, von Koch, Geist, Roman – Spelar Hovland, von Koch, Geist Och Roman I Örebro/Nicolai Och Fellingsbro Kyrkor(LP, Album, Stereo)	1976	Proprius
65	Purcell, Scheidt, Düben, Händel, Fabricius, Roman, Verdier — Drottningholms Barockensemble / Andrew Dalton (2) – Barock	1976	Proprius
66	Roman, Tartini, Fasch, Mozart, Stockholms Ensemblen – Musik På Slottet(LP, Album)	1976	Swedish Society Discofil
67	Johan Helmich Roman, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Joseph Martin Kraus — Kungliga Hovkapellet / Charles Farncombe – Drottningholmsmusiken	1973	Deutsche Grammophon
68	Wille Sundling, G. F. Händel, J. H. Roman – Violinsonater(LP, Album, Stereo)	1972	Euphonic (2)
69	Johan Helmich Roman, Mats Liljefors, Jean-Pierre Eustache, Kölner Kammerorchester, Helmut Müller-Brühl – Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758) - Violinkonzert Drottningholm-Suite(LP)	1971	Schwann Musica Mundi
70	Johan Helmich Roman, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Christian Bach, Stockholms Kammarsolister – Johan Helmich Roman, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Christian Bach(LP, Stereo)	1971	Swedish Society Discofil
71	Johan Helmich Roman, Drottningholms Kammarorkester, Stig Westerberg – Ur Drottningholmsmusiken 1744; Sinfonia D-Dur, Sinfonia E-Moll	1971	Swedish Society Discofil
72	Bach, Roman, Zellbell - Stockholms Ensemblen, Mats Liljefors – A Palace Concert In Stockholm(LP)	1971	Aurora (3)
73	Camerata Lutetiensis, Jean-Pierre Eustache, Dietrich Buxtehude, Gustav Dueben, Johan Helmich Roman – Musique A La Cour De Suède	1966	Disques A Charlin
74	Johan Helmich Roman, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Francesco Uttini, Drottningholmsteaterns Kammarorkester, Ulf Björlin – Musik På Drottningholm	1966	His Master's Voice
75	Johan Helmich Roman, Lars-Erik Larsson, Stockholms Filharmonins Kammarorkester – Roman / Larsson	1965	RCA Victor
76	Mozart, Haydn, Vivaldi, Roman, Festival Strings Lucerne, Rudolf Baumgartner – Echo-konzerte	1964	Deutsche Grammophon
77	Gustaf Düben, Johan Helmich Roman, Hilding Rosenberg, Ingvar Lidholm, Sven-Erik Bäck - Karin Langebo, Gunnel Kyhle, Torsten Forslöw, Karl Gustaf Gunneflo, Der Stockholmer Rundfunkchor Und Ein Ensemble Aus Dem Stockholmer Kammerchor, Eric Ericson – Svensk	1962	Cantate
78	Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy / Johan Helmich Roman - Tomotada Soh, Mats Liljefors, Kölner Kammerorchester, Helmut Müller-Brühl – Virtuose Violinkonzerte(LP, Stereo)	-	Schwann Musica Mundi
79	Johan Helmich Roman, Anders Wesström, Francesco Uttini, Johan Wikmanson, Carl Michael Bellman, Joseph Martin Kraus – Hvad Glans, Behag Och Smak (Svenskt 1700-tal I Musiken = Eighteenth-century Sweden In Music)(CD, Repress, Sampler, Stereo)	-	Musica Sveciae
80	Johan Helmich Roman, Franz Berwald – Johan Helmich Roman / Franz Berwald (Assagio H-moll, Sonata A-dur / Stråkkvartett Ess-dur)(LP)	-	Sveriges Radio
81	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johan Helmich Roman, Lilian Carlson, Alf Nilsson, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Musica Sveciæ – Lenco Presenterar "Världsmusik På Svenska"(LP, Compilation, Stereo)	-	Fermat

Videos featuring Johan Helmich Roman

Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758) - Golowinmusiquen (1728)

Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758)

Golowinmusiquen (1728)

Johan Helmich Roman (26 de octubre de 1694 - 20 de noviembre de 1758) fue un compositor barroco sueco. Se le ha llamado "el padre de la música sueca" o "el Handel sueco ". Fue el líder de la Ópera Su

Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758) - Music for a Royal Wedding

Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758)

Music for a Royal Wedding

Johan Helmich Roman (26 de octubre de 1694 - 20 de noviembre de 1758) fue un compositor barroco sueco. Se le ha llamado "el padre de la música sueca" o "el Handel sueco ". Fue el líder de la Ópera