Roeder, Georg Valentin 01/01/1780 - 12/30/1848

German composer and musician. He received his first musical education from his father who was the schoolmaster in the village of Rannungen, Germany and also composed several minor works.

Röder joined the Würzburger Hofkapelle in 1801 as a cellist. In 1808 he became the musical director of the theater in Würzburg. Afterwards he was active as an independent musician and composer. In 1830 he again took up a position, this time in Augsburg, as musical director, where he worked with the renowned poet Christoph von Schmid. King Ludwig I of Bavaria summoned him to Munich in 1837, where he was the director of the royal opera. Rivalries with the other musical directors arose and the king sent him to Altötting in 1842, where he worked until he died.