{{Short description|French composer (1924-2005)}}
'''Denise Isabelle Roger''' (21 January 1924 – 15 November 2005) was an award-winning French composer who wrote both instrumental<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stern |first=Susan |title=Women composers: a handbook |date=1978 |publisher=the Scarecrow press |isbn=978-0-8108-1138-6 |location=Metuchen London |pages=143}}</ref> and vocal works.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Roger, Denise – brassapedia |url=https://brassapedia.org/wiki/roger-denise/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Cohen |first=Aaron I. |title=International Encyclopedia of Women Composers |date=1987 |publisher=Books & Music (USA) |isbn=978-0-9617485-0-0 |pages=595 |language=en}}</ref>
Roger was born in Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine in the northwest suburbs of Paris.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Giraudet |first=Jean-Paul |date=2013-03-25 |title=Denise Roger |url=https://musicalics.com/fr/compositeur/Denise-Roger |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=musicalics.com |language=fr}}</ref> She entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1933 at age nine to study composition, piano and voice. Her teachers included Jean Batella, Henri Busser, Jeanne Chapard, the brothers Jean Gallon and Noel Gallon, Yvonne Lefebure, Marguerite Long and Mme Massart.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Pfitzinger |first=Scott |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ugfWDQAAQBAJ&dq=denise+roger+composer&pg=PA454 |title=Composer Genealogies: A Compendium of Composers, Their Teachers, and Their Students |date=2017-03-01 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-7225-5 |pages=454 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Boenke |first=H. Alais |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aOjEEAAAQBAJ&q=flute+and+piano+Denise+Roger+https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DaOjEEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA172 |title=Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog |date=1988-10-19 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-0-313-36831-8 |pages=104 |language=en}}</ref>
Roger received several first prizes in music:
*1934 Paris Conservatoire;
*1942 Paris Conservatoire;
*1948 Paris Conservatoire; and
*1952 Concours International in Geneva.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Heinrich |first=Adel |title=Organ and harpsichord music by women composers: an annotated catalog |date=1991 |publisher=Greenwood Pr |isbn=978-0-313-26802-1 |edition=1. publ |series=Music reference collection |location=New York |pages=317}}</ref>
Roger set works by the following writers to music for solo and ensemble voices: Guillaume Apollinaire, Jean-Antoine de Baif, Robert Brasillach, Paul Claudel, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Hoelderlin, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Andre Maurel, Gerard de Nerval, Rainer Maria Rilke, Arthur Rimbaud, Pierre de Ronsard, Alain Suied, Georg Trakl, and Paul Verlaine.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Denise Isabelle Roger Song Texts {{!}} LiederNet |url=https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_settings.html?ComposerId=24282 |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=www.lieder.net}}</ref>
Roger’s compositions were published by Southern Music.<ref name=":2" /> Her works included:
== Chamber ==
*Ciselures (brass quintet)<ref name=":0" />
*Climats (brass quintet)<ref name=":0" />
*Jeux de Cuivre (solo tuba)<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Association |first=Tubists Universal Brotherhood |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wjVLAAAAYAAJ&q=denise+roger+composer |title=T.U.B.A. Journal |date=1994 |publisher=Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association. |pages=22, 25 |language=en}}</ref>
*Sonatine (flute and piano)<ref name=":2" />
*Souvenance (tuba and piano)<ref name=":4" />
*String Quartets No. 1 and 2<ref name=":1" />
*Supplique et Polychromie (brass quintet)<ref name=":0" />
*Three Romances (clarinet and piano)<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adKeZ0WY6H0 |title=Trois Romances Movement III - Denise Roger |language=en |access-date=2024-05-08 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>
== Orchestra ==
*Concertino (oboe and orchestra)<ref name=":1" />
*Concerto (piano and orchestra)<ref name=":1" />
*Symphony for Strings<ref name=":1" />
== Piano ==
*Five Pieces<ref name=":1" />
*Petite Romance<ref name=":1" />
== Vocal == *many songs based on texts by others<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" />
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Roger, Denise}} Category:French women composers Category:French string quartet composers Category:1924 births Category:2005 deaths Category:Conservatoire de Paris alumni