Daniel Roth

François Daniel Roth (born 31 October 1942) is a French organist, composer, musicologist, and pedagogue. He was titular organist of the Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, from 1985 to 2023, and is currently the emeritus titular organist.

Early life and education Roth was born in Mulhouse to René Roth and his wife Angèle (née Higelin). He began his musical training at the conservatoire in his hometown with Joseph Victor Meyer. In 1960, he entered the Conservatoire de Paris, 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 Puig-Roget). He later continued his organ studies with Marie-Claire Alain after graduating from Falcinelli's class.

Career

Organist 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 the Church of Saint-Sulpice.

Roth retired from St. Sulpice in 2023 and was succeeded by Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin and Karol Mossakowski as co-titular organists. He was appointed emeritus titular organist and continues to play at the church for one recital and one mass per month.

He is a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, an Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. In 2006 he received the European Prize of European sacred music from the German Schwäbisch Gmünd Festival.

Personal life Roth was married to Odile Josèphe-Georgette Mangin (9 June 1939 − 9 March 2015), with whom he had four children, including the painter Anne-Marie Roth Baud (born 1968), the conductor and flautist François-Xavier Roth and the violist Vincent Roth.

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 Paris: Leduc, 1979/revised 1996, unpublished) Final Te Deum (composed 1981.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 (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 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 (Mainz: Schott, 2007) 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 (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) Ave maris stella (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) Psalm 124: "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: 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)