François Daniel Roth (born 31 October 1942) is a French

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, composer, musicologist, and

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. He currently serves as one of two cotitular organists at the church of Saint-Sulpice in France's capital,

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, alongside Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin.

Biography

Roth was born in

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to René Roth and his wife Angèle (

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Higelin). He began his musical training at the

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in his hometown with Joseph Victor Meyer. In 1960, he entered the Conservatoire de

, where he graduated with five first prizes—in organ and

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(1963, class of

Rolande Falcinelli Rolande Roberte Ginabat-Falcinelli (18 February 1920 – 11 June 2006) was a French organist, pianist, composer, and music educator. Biography Rolande Falcinelli (born Ginabat), the grandniece of Marcel Falcinelli and granddaughter of Louis N ...

harmony In music, harmony is the process by which individual sounds are joined together or composed into whole units or compositions. Often, the term harmony refers to simultaneously occurring Audio frequency, frequencies, pitch (music), pitches (timb ...

(1962, class of

Maurice Duruflé Maurice Gustave Duruflé (; 11 January 1902 – 16 June 1986) was a French composer, organist, musicologist, and teacher. Life and career Duruflé was born in Louviers, Eure in 1902. He became a chorister at the Rouen Cathedral Choir School f ...

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and

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(1963, class of

Marcel Bitsch Marcel Bitsch (December 29, 1921, Paris – September 21, 2011, Toulouse) was a French composer, teacher and analyst. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris and also was professor of counterpoint there. Career In 1939, Marcel Bitsch entered t ...

), and piano

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(1970, class of Henriette Puig-Roget). He also pursued later studies in organ with

Marie-Claire Alain Marie-Claire Geneviève Alain-Gommier (10 August 1926 – 26 February 2013) was a French organist, scholar and teacher best known for her prolific recording career, with 260 recordings, making her the most-recorded classical organist in the world ...

(sister of

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and Olivier, as well as the daughter of

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) after graduating from Falcinelli's class. He was married to Odile Josèphe-Georgette Mangin (9 June 1939 in

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— 9 March 2015 in the

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), and fathered four children from her; the most notable of which are conductor and flautist

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, and the violist Vincent Roth. His grandson through the former, Félix, plays the

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Career

In 1963, Roth became Falcinelli's deputy at the great organ at Basilique du Sacré-Coeur in Paris. He succeeded her as titular organist in 1973, and held this position until 1985, when he was appointed titular organist at Saint-Sulpice in Paris, where his predecessors were

Charles-Marie Widor Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor (21 February 1844 – 12 March 1937) was a French organist, composer and teacher of the mid-Romantic era, most notable for his ten organ symphonies. His Toccata from the fifth organ symphony has become one of th ...

Marcel Dupré Marcel Jean-Jules Dupré () (3 May 1886 – 30 May 1971) was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue. Biography Born in Rouen into a wealthy musical family, Marcel Dupré was a child prodigy. His father Aimable Albert Dupré was titular o ...

, and

Jean-Jacques Grunenwald Jean-Jacques Charles Grunenwald, also known by his pseudonym Jean Dalve (2 February 1911 – 19 December 1982), was a French organist, composer, architect, and pedagogue. Life and work Grunenwald was born in 1911 in Cran-Gevrier, Haute-Savoie. ...

. He won several prestigious organ competitions, including the competition of the "Amis de l'orgue" and Grand Prix in organ performance and improvisation at Concours de Chartres in 1971 (alongside Yves Devernay).Winners of the Grand Prix de Chartres in 1971.
Accessed June 1, 2017. In 1974-76, he held the position of Artist-In-Residence at the

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and professor of organ in the

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He held teaching positions of organ in the conservatoires of

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(1974-1979),

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(1979-1988) and

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(1988-1995). In 1995-2007, he taught organ performance and improvisation at the

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. In addition, he was consultant for the new organ by the

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company at the

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Philharmonie, which he dedicated in 2005. Daniel Roth is a

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, an Officier de

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, and an Honorary Fellow of the

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. In 2006, he received the European Prize of European sacred music from the German Schwäbisch Gmünd Festival.

Compositions

Organ solo

* Cinq Versets sur ''Veni Creator'' for organ manualiter (composed 1965. In: ''L'organiste liturgique n°53''. Paris: Éditions Schola Cantorum) * Évocation de la Pentecôte (composed 1979. Paris: Leduc, 1979/revised 1996, unpublished) * Final ''

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'' (composed 1981. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1993) * Introduction et Canzona (composed 1977-1990. Leutkirch/Allgäu: Pro Organo, 1992) * Joie, Douleur et Gloire de Marie (composed 1990. London: Novello, 1990) * Hommage à

César Franck César-Auguste Jean-Guillaume Hubert Franck (; 10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a French Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher born in modern-day Belgium. He was born in Liège (which at the time of his birth was pa ...

(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 Pierre Eugène Charles Cochereau (9 July 1924 – 6 March 1984) was a French organist, improviser, composer, and pedagogue. Cochereau was titular organist of the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris from 1955 to his death in 1984 and was responsible ...

(composed 1995. Paris: Leduc, 1996): **''Prélude'' **''Andante'' **''Toccata'' * Petite Rhapsodie sur une chanson alsacienne (In: ''Elsässische Orgelmusik aus vier Jahrhunderten''. Mainz: Schott, 1998) * Artizarra - Fantaisie sur un chant populaire basque, pour la fête de I'Epiphanie (composed 1999. Mainz: Schott, 2002) * Fantaisie fuguée sur ''

Regina caeli "Regina caeli" (; Queen of Heaven) is a musical antiphon addressed to the Blessed Virgin Mary that is used in the liturgy of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church during the Easter season, from Easter Sunday until Pentecost. During this seas ...

'' (Mainz: Schott, 2007) * Livre d'orgue pour le ''

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'', Hommage au Facteur d'orgues

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: ** ''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'' (Paris: Éditions Association Boëllmann-Gigout, 2011): *** ''6. Deposuit'' *** ''7. Esurientes'' *** ''8. Suscepit'' *** ''9. Sicut locutus est'' *** ''10. Gloria Patri'' * '' Christus factus est'' - Fantaisie sur le graduel de la messe du Jeudi Saint (Sampzon: Delatour France, 2012) * Contrastes (In: "Kölner Fanfaren - 17 festliche Orgelstücke". St. Augustin: Butz-Verlag, 2012) * Ut, ré, mi - Fantaisie sur l'hymne à saint Jean Baptiste (Sampzon: Delatour France, 2014) * ''

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'' (In: "Orgues nouvelles", October 2014) * Die Liebe... ein Feuer! La Pentecôte (composed 2015. Sampzon: Delatour France, 2017) * Deux courtes pièces liturgiques (In: "Orgues nouvelles", June 2019): ** ''Alleluia'' ** ''Méditation'' * Prélude pour l'Introït de la messe du jour de Noël, " Puer natus est“ (composed 2019. in manuscript)

Organ for four hands

* Diptyque (composed 2009. Sampzon: Delatour France, 2011): ** ''Andante'' ** ''Allegro giocoso''

Two organs

* Fantaisie-Dialogue (Sampzon: Delatour France, 2013) * Quatre Pièces (composed in 2017, Manuscript) ** ''Prélude'' ** ''Offertoire'' ** ''Communion'' ** ''Sortie''

Chamber music

* Légende for oboe and piano (Paris: Éditions Billaudot, 1989) * Aïn Karim - Fantasia for flute and organ (Mainz: Schott, 1998) * Pièce pour viola and organ (composed 2014. Manuscript)

Vocal works

* Reine du ciel a capella (Strasbourg: Éditions Caecilia, 1977) * Notre Père a capella (Strasbourg: Éditions Caecilia, 1977) * Gebt Zeugnis! for soloists, choir and organ (Mainz: Schott, 1998) * Missa Brevis for SATB choir and organ (composed 1964/1998. Mainz: Schott, 2001): ** ''Kyrie'' ** ''Gloria'' ** ''Sanctus'' ** ''Agnus Dei'' * In manus tuas Domine for SATB (St. Augustin: Butz-Verlag, 2002) * Ego sum panis for SATB choir and organ (St. Augustin: Butz-Verlag, 2005) * Missa de archangelis for SATB choir and organ (Sampzon: Delatour France, 2006): ** ''Kyrie'' ** ''Sanctus'' ** ''Benedictus'' ** ''Agnus Dei'' * 3 Motets for mixed choir a capella (Sampzon: Delatour France, 2006): ** ''Ave Maria'' ** ''Dignare me, o Jesu'' ** ''Regina Caeli'' * Ave Maria for soprano and organ (Sampzon: Delatour France, 2012) * Missa festiva Orbis factor for mixed choir and organ (Sampzon: Delatour France, 2013) * Missa beuronensis for organ and gregorian chant (St. Augustin: Butz-Verlag, 2016) *

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: "Unsere Seele ist entronnen" (composed 2017. Manuscript) * Cantata "Nun lobet Gott im hohen Thron" (composed 2017. Manuscript) * Jubilate Deo for mixed choir a capella (composed 2020. Manuscript)

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) (Mainz: Schott, 2009) ** 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 Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Second Piano Concerto ...

: ''Scherzo'' from Six Duos op. 8 for harmonium and piano (Paris: Éditions Jobert, 2001) * César Franck: ''Symphony in D minor'' for orchestra; transcription after the composer's piano version for four hands (unpublished)

Bibliography

* Adolph, Wolfram: "Schöpferisch-musikalische Empathie. Daniel Roth zum 70. Geburtstag" (''Organ – Journal für die Orgel'' 15, no. 3 (2012): 16–19). * Dub-Attenti, Pierre-François and Zerbini, Christophe (eds.), ''Daniel Roth, Grand chœur. Entretiens avec Pierre-François Dub-Attenti et Christophe Zerbini, Volume I''. Paris: Éditions Hortus, 2019. . * Dub-Attenti, Pierre-François and Zerbini, Christophe (eds.), ''Daniel Roth, Grand chœur. Entretiens avec Pierre-François Dub-Attenti et Christophe Zerbini, Volume II''. Paris: Éditions Hortus, 2019. . * ''Hommage à Daniel Roth. Ein Künstlerportrait''. Sulz am Neckar: ORGANpromotion, 2007. OP 6002 (DVD & CD). * ''Orgeln haben eine Seele. Daniel Roth und die Cavaillé-Coll-Orgeln''. TV documentation by Nele Münchmeyer. Mainz: ZDF/3Sat, 1994. * Petersen, Birger (ed.). ''Licht im Dunkel – Lumière dans les ténèbres. Festschrift Daniel Roth zum 75. Geburtstag''. Bonn: Dr. J. Butz Musikverlag, 2017. . * Reifenberg, Peter: "Daniel Roth – Botschafter der großen Orgel von St. Sulpice" (''Organ – Journal für die Orgel'' 2, no. 4 (1999): 30–36). * Roth, Daniel. ''Le Grand-Orgue A. Cavaillé-Coll, Mutin de la Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre à Paris'' (''La Flûte harmonique'', Numéro spécial 1985). Paris: Association A. Cavaillé-Coll, 1985. * Roth, Daniel. "Einige Gedanken zur Interpretation des Orgelwerks von César Franck, zu seiner Orgel und zur Lemmens-Tradition." In: ''Orgel, Orgelmusik und Orgelspiel. Festschrift Michael Schneider zum 75. Geburtstag'', edited by Christoph Wolff, 111-117. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1985. * Roth, Daniel, and Günter Lade. ''Die Cavaillé-Coll-Mutin-Orgel der Basilika Sacré-Coeur in Paris.'' Langen bei Bregenz: Edition Lade, 1992. * Roth, Daniel, and Pierre-François Dub-Attenti. "L’orgue néo-classique et le grand orgue Aristide Cavaillé-Coll de Saint-Sulpice." ''L'Orgue'' 295-296 (2011). * Roth, Daniel: "'Le plus bel orgue du monde'. Aspekte der Registrierung Bach'scher Orgelmusik auf Cavaillé-Coll-Orgeln, dargestellt am Beispiel der großen Orgel von Saint-Sulpice, Paris" (''Organ – Journal für die Orgel'' 15, no. 3 (2012): 20–24, 26, 28–29). * Roth, Daniel, and Pierre-François Dub-Attenti. ''The Neoclassical Organ and the Great Aristide Cavaillé-Coll Organ of Saint-Sulpice, Paris''. London: Rhinegold Publishing, 2014. * Roth, Daniel, and Pierre-François Dub-Attenti. "Überlegungen zur Interpretation an der Orgel." In: ''Licht im Dunkel – Lumière dans les ténèbres. Festschrift Daniel Roth zum 75. Geburtstag'', edited by Birger Petersen, 265-419. Bonn: Dr. J. Butz Musikverlag, 2017. * Roth, Daniel. "The use of rubato in the organ works of César Franck." (''The American Organist'' 52, no. 2 (February 2018): 34-38).

References

External links

Official Website of Daniel Roth

Official Website of the Organs and Organists at Saint-Sulpice, Paris

Biography of Daniel Roth on the Grand Prix de Chartres website

American artist management website
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