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Johan Helmich Roman

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Johan Helmich Roman (1694 - 1758) was a Swedish Baroque composer. He has been called "the father of Swedish music" or "the Swedish Handel."

Roman's best-known compositions is the Drottningholm Music, or Music for a Royal Wedding written for the wedding of Crown Prince Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia.

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