Roget, Henriette
Roget, Henriette
Roget, Henriette , French composer and organist; b. Bastia, Corsica, Jan. 9, 1910. She studied organ with Marcel Dupré and composition with Henru Busser at the Paris Cons., receiving the Premier 2nd Prix de Rome in 1933. She was director in charge of voice training at the Paris Opéra until 1959; she also served as organist at the Oratoire du Louvre and prof. of piano accompanying and score reading at the Paris Cons. She wrote a great number of piano books for children, among them Adroits petits doigts (1957), Abécédaire (1958), and Méthode (1970).
Works
DRAMATIC : Ballet : Cathérinettes (1937). ORCH.: Montanyas del Rosello for Organ and Orch. (Paris, April 6, 1933, composer soloist); Sinfonia andorrana (1936); 3 ballades françaises (Paris, Jan. 11, 1936); Rythmes (Paris, Jan. 23, 1937); Concerto sicilien for Piano and Orch. (1943); Concerto classique for Cello and Orch. (1944); Symphonique pour rire (1947). Organ: Various effective pieces.
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire