Daniel Roth (organist)
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Daniel François Roth (born October 31, 1942 in Mulhouse
), is a French organist
, composer
, and pedagogue.
with Professeur Joseph Victor Meyer. In 1960, he entered the Paris Conservatory
, where he graduated with five first prizes — in organ and improvisation
(1963, class of Rolande Falcinelli
), harmony
(1962, class of Maurice Duruflé
), counterpoint
and fugue
(1963, class of Marcel Bitsch
), and piano accompaniment
(1970, class of Henriette Puit-Roget). He also studied organ with Marie-Claire Alain
.
Daniel Roth is the father of conductor and flutist Francois-Xavier Roth and violist Vincent Roth.
, Marcel Dupré
, and Jean-Jacques Grunenwald
.
Daniel Roth was the winner of several prestigious organ competitions, such as the competition of the "Amis de l'orgue", and the Grand Prix in organ performance and improvisation at the Concours de Chartres in 1971.http://orgues.chartres.free.fr/agocp32.htm
From 1974-76, Daniel Roth was Artist-In-Residence at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and professor of organ at the Catholic University in Washington, D.C.
. He also held teaching positions of organ in Marseille
(1974-1979), Strasbourg
(1979-1988), and Saarbrücken
(1988-1995). From 1995-2007, he taught organ performance and improvisation at the Frankfurt
Musikhochschule
. In addition, he was consultant for the new organ by Karl Schuke at Luxembourg
Philharmony, which he dedicated in 2005.
Daniel Roth is "Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur", "Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres", and "Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Organists". In 2006, he received the European Prize of European sacred music from the Schwäbisch Gmünd Festival (Germany).
Mulhouse
Mulhouse |mill]] hamlet) is a city and commune in eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. With a population of 110,514 and 278,206 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2006, it is the largest city in the Haut-Rhin département, and the second largest in the Alsace region after...
), is a French organist
Organist
An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists...
, composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, and pedagogue.
Biography
Roth began his musical training at the conservatory in his home town, MulhouseMulhouse
Mulhouse |mill]] hamlet) is a city and commune in eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. With a population of 110,514 and 278,206 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2006, it is the largest city in the Haut-Rhin département, and the second largest in the Alsace region after...
with Professeur Joseph Victor Meyer. In 1960, he entered the Paris Conservatory
Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris is a college of music and dance founded in 1795, now situated in the avenue Jean Jaurès in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France...
, where he graduated with five first prizes — in organ and improvisation
Musical improvisation
Musical improvisation is the creative activity of immediate musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental technique as well as spontaneous response to other musicians...
(1963, class of Rolande Falcinelli
Rolande Falcinelli
Rolande Falcinelli was a French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue.-Biography:Rolande Falcinelli entered the Paris Conservatory in 1932, where her teachers were noted pianist and pedagogue Isidor Philipp and Abel Estyle , Marcel Samuel-Rousseau , Simone Plé Caussade , Henri Büsser , and...
), harmony
Harmony
In music, harmony is the use of simultaneous pitches , or chords. The study of harmony involves chords and their construction and chord progressions and the principles of connection that govern them. Harmony is often said to refer to the "vertical" aspect of music, as distinguished from melodic...
(1962, class of Maurice Duruflé
Maurice Duruflé
Maurice Duruflé was a French composer, organist, and pedagogue.Duruflé was born in Louviers, Eure. In 1912, he became chorister at the Rouen Cathedral Choir School, where he studied piano and organ with Jules Haelling...
), counterpoint
Counterpoint
In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more voices that are independent in contour and rhythm and are harmonically interdependent . It has been most commonly identified in classical music, developing strongly during the Renaissance and in much of the common practice period,...
and fugue
Fugue
In music, a fugue is a compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject that is introduced at the beginning in imitation and recurs frequently in the course of the composition....
(1963, class of Marcel Bitsch
Marcel Bitsch
Marcel Bitsch was a French composer, teacher and analyst. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris and also was professor of counterpoint there. In his latter years he concentrated on teaching and analysing the music of J. S...
), and piano accompaniment
Accompaniment
In music, accompaniment is the art of playing along with an instrumental or vocal soloist or ensemble, often known as the lead, in a supporting manner...
(1970, class of Henriette Puit-Roget). He also studied organ with Marie-Claire Alain
Marie-Claire Alain
Marie-Claire Alain is a French organist and organ teacher best known for her prolific recording career. She is particularly known for her ability to perform substantial works entirely from memory.-Background and education:...
.
Daniel Roth is the father of conductor and flutist Francois-Xavier Roth and violist Vincent Roth.
Career
In 1963, Daniel Roth became Rolande Falcinelli's substitute at the great organ at Sacré-Coeur in Paris, where he succeeded his former teacher as titular organist in 1973, a position he held until 1985, when he was appointed titular organist at Saint-Sulpice in Paris, where his predecessors were Charles-Marie WidorCharles-Marie Widor
Charles-Marie Jean Albert Widor was a French organist, composer and teacher.-Life:Widor was born in Lyon, to a family of organ builders, and initially studied music there with his father, François-Charles Widor, titular organist of Saint-François-de-Sales from 1838 to 1889...
, Marcel Dupré
Marcel Dupré
Marcel Dupré , was a French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue.-Biography:Marcel Dupré was born in Rouen . Born into a musical family, he was a child prodigy. His father Albert Dupré was organist in Rouen and a friend of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, who built an organ in the family house when...
, and Jean-Jacques Grunenwald
Jean-Jacques Grunenwald
Jean-Jacques Grunenwald , was a French organist, composer, architect, and pedagogue.-Life and work:Jean-Jacques Grunenwald was born in 1911 in Cran-Gevrier, Haute-Savoie. He studied at the Paris Conservatory, where he received first prizes in organ and composition...
.
Daniel Roth was the winner of several prestigious organ competitions, such as the competition of the "Amis de l'orgue", and the Grand Prix in organ performance and improvisation at the Concours de Chartres in 1971.http://orgues.chartres.free.fr/agocp32.htm
From 1974-76, Daniel Roth was Artist-In-Residence at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and professor of organ at the Catholic University in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
. He also held teaching positions of organ in Marseille
Marseille
Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
(1974-1979), Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
(1979-1988), and Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken is the capital of the state of Saarland in Germany. The city is situated at the heart of a metropolitan area that borders on the west on Dillingen and to the north-east on Neunkirchen, where most of the people of the Saarland live....
(1988-1995). From 1995-2007, he taught organ performance and improvisation at the Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
Musikhochschule
Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts
The Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts is a state Hochschule for Music, Theater and Dance in Frankfurt and is the only one of its kind in the Federal State of Hesse. It was founded in 1938....
. In addition, he was consultant for the new organ by Karl Schuke at Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
Philharmony, which he dedicated in 2005.
Daniel Roth is "Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur", "Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres", and "Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Organists". In 2006, he received the European Prize of European sacred music from the Schwäbisch Gmünd Festival (Germany).
Organ Solo
- Cinq Versets sur Veni Creator for organ manualiter (In: L'organiste liturgique n°53. Paris: Éditions Schola Cantorum)
- Évocation de la Pentecôte (composed 1979. Paris: Leduc, 1979/revised 1996, inédit)
- Final Te Deum (composed 1981. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1993)
- Joie, Douleur et Gloire de Marie (composed 1990. London: Novello, 1990)
- Hommage à César Franck (composed 1990. Paris: Leduc, 1993)
- Après une Lecture... (composed 1993. In: 1er recueil d'œuvres pour orgue. Paris: Éditions Billaudot, 1993)
- Pour la nuit de Noël (composed 1993. Paris: Leduc, 1993):
- Prélude "Veni, veni Emmanuel"
- Communion
- Postlude
- Triptyque - Hommage à Pierre Cochereau (composed 1995 Paris: Leduc, 1996):
- Prélude
- Andante
- Toccata
- Introduction et Canzona (composed 1977-1990. Leutkirch/Allgäu: Pro Organo, 1992)
- Artizarra - Fantaisie sur un chant populaire basque, pour la fête de I'Epiphanie (composed 1999. Mainz: Schott, 2002)
- Petite Rhapsodie sur une chanson alsacienne (In: Elsässische Orgelmusik aus vier Jahrhunderten. Mainz: Schott, 1998)
- Livre d'orgue pour le Magnificat, Hommage au Facteur d'orgues Aristide Cavaillé-Coll:
- Vol. 1 (Paris: Éditions Association Boëllmann-Gigout, 2007):
- 1a. Magnificat
- 1b. Et exsultavit
- 2. Quia respexit
- 3. Quia fecit
- 4. Et misericordia
- 5. Fecit potentiam
- Vol. 2 (unpublished):
- 6. Deposuit
- 7. Esurientes
- 8. Suscepit
- 9. Sicut locutus est
- 10. Gloria Patri
- Vol. 1 (Paris: Éditions Association Boëllmann-Gigout, 2007):
- Fantaisie fuguée sur Regina Caeli (Mainz: Schott, 2007)
Organ for four Hands
- Diptyque (2009, unpublished):
- Andante
- Allegro giocoso
Chamber Music
- Aïn Karim; Fantasia for flute and organ (Mainz: Schott, 1998)
- Légende for oboe and piano (Paris: Éditions Billaudot)
Vocal Works
- Ave Maria for four equal voices (Sampzon: Delatour France)
- In manus tuas Domine for SATB (St. Augustin: Butz-Verlag)
- Regina Caeli for mixted voices (Sampzon: Delatour France)
- Reine du ciel a capella (Strasbourg: Éditions Caecilia, 1977)
- Notre Père a capella (Strasbourg: Éditions Caecilia, 1977)
- Messe brève - Missa Brevis for SATB choir and organ (Mainz: Schott, 2001):
- Kyrie
- Gloria
- Sanctus
- Agnus Dei
- In manus tuas for SATB choir and organ accompaniment ad lib. (St. Augustin: Butz-Verlag)
- Ego sum panis for SATB choir and organ (St. Augustin: Butz-Verlag)
- Missa de archangelis for SATB choir and organ (Sampzon: Delatour France):
- Kyrie
- Sanctus
- Benedictus
- Agnus Dei
- Dignare me o Jesu for soloists, choir and organ (Sampzon: Delatour France)
- Gebt Zeugnis! for soloists, choir and organ (Mainz: Schott)
Orchestra
- Licht im Dunkel for organ, piano and orchestra:
- I. L'Espérance (Poème for orchestra) (Mainz: Schott, 2005)
- II. L'Amour (for organ, piano and orchestra) (unpublished)
- III. La Joie (Fantaisie for organ, piano and orchestra) (Mainz: Schott, 2007)
Transcriptions for Organ
- César Franck: Interlude symphonique from the oratorio "Rédemption" (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1996)
- Camille Saint-Saëns: Scherzo from Six Duos op. 8 for harmonium and piano (Paris: Éditions Jobert)
- César Franck: Symphony in D minor for orchestra; transcription after the composer's piano version for four hands (unpublished)
External links
- http://www.danielrothsaintsulpice.org/
- http://www.stsulpice.com/