Daniel François Roth (born October 31, 1942), is a French organist, composer, and pedagogue.
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Life
Daniel Roth began his musical training at the conservatory of his home town Mulhouse. 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. 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 Widor, 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.[1] 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 until his retirement in 2007, he was professor of 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).
Compositions
Organ Solo
- Cinq Versets sur Veni Creator for organ manualiter
- Évocation de la Pentecôte (1979/1996)
- Final Te Deum (1981)
- Joie, Douleur et Gloire de Marie (1990)
- Hommage à César Franck (1990)
- Après une Lecture... (1993)
- Pour la nuit de Noël (1993):
- Prélude "Veni, veni Emmanuel"
- Communion
- Postlude
- Triptyque - Hommage à Pierre Cochereau (1995):
- Prélude
- Andante
- Toccata
- Introduction et Canzona (1977-1990)
- Artizarra - Fantaisie sur un chant populaire basque, pour la fête de I'Epiphanie
- Petite Rhapsodie sur une chanson alsacienne
- Livre d'orgue pour le Magnificat, Hommage au Facteur d'orgues Aristide Cavaillé-Coll:
- Vol. 1:
- 1a. Magnificat
- 1b. Et exsultavit
- 2. Quia respexit
- 3. Quia fecit
- 4. Et misericordia
- 5. Fecit potentiam
- Vol. 2:
- 6. Deposuit
- 7. Esurientes
- 8. Suscepit
- 9. Sicut locutus est
- 10. Gloria Patri
- Vol. 1:
- Fantaisie fuguée sur Regina Caeli
Transcriptions
- César Franck: Interlude symphonique from the oratorio "Rédemption", arranged for organ solo
- Camille Saint-Saëns: Scherzo from Six Duos op. 8 for harmonium and piano, arranged for organ solo
Chamber Music
- Aïn Karim; Fantasia for flute and organ
- Légende for oboe and piano
Vocal Works
- Ave Maria
- In manus tuas Domine
- Regina Caeli
- Reine du ciel, Notre Père
- Messe brève - Missa Brevis for choir and organ
- Kyrie
- Gloria
- Sanctus
- Agnus Dei
- In manus tuas for choir and organ
- Ego sum panis for choir and organ
- Missa de archangelis for choir and organ
- Kyrie
- Sanctus
- Benedictus
- Agnus Dei
- Dignare me o Jesu for soloists, choir and organ
- Gebt Zeugnis! for soloists, choir and organ
Orchestra
- Licht im Dunkel - Poème for orchestra
- La Joie - Concert Piece for orchestra, organ and piano
Bibliography
- Roth, Daniel. Le Grand-Orgue A. Cavaillé-Coll, Mutin de la basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre à Paris. La Flûte harmonique : Publication de l'association A. Cavaillé-Coll, Numéro spécial 1985.
