ROMAN, JOHAN HELMICH (–), a conductor and composer of Finnish descent who was director of the Swedish Court kapelle and became known as the father of Swedish music. He was a descendant of Johannes Raumannus, who was born at Rauma, Finland, about 1570, became a professor at Uppsala in 1598, and a pastor in Stockholm in 1604.
In 1715 Johan Helmich Roman travelled to England where he studied with the opera composers Attilia Ariosti (–) and Johann Pepusch (Johann Pepusch (...