Walter B. Rogers
Walter Bowman Rogers (October 14, 1865 – December 24, 1939) was an American cornet player, concert band and orchestral conductor and composer, who was responsible for most of the orchestral arrangements on recordings made for the Victor Talking Machine Company between 1904 and 1916. He left the Victor Company when he accepted an equity partnership with the Paroquette recording company, a venture which ended when the company went into receivership. He accepted arranging, conducting positions with the Paramount and Emerson companies before he was offered an executive-level position by the Brunswick-Balke-Collander Company when the nationally known manufacturer of bowling, saloon, and phonograph cabinetry decided to expand its operations in the talking-machine industry by creating a line of phonograph recordings. Rogers became Brunswick’s director of classical-music releases, a role he held until shortly before the Brunswick phonograph division was acquired by the Warner Brothers film corporation in April 1930. |
Birth and Death Data: Born October 14, 1865 (Delphi), Died December 24, 1939
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1900 - 1929
Roles Represented in DAHR: conductor, arranger, cornet, composer, trombone, piano, chimes
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Recordings (Results 551-575 of 2261 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | C-6887 | 12-in. | 3/16/1909 | U. S. Army lancers | Victor Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-6888 | 12-in. | 3/17/1909 | American airs waltz | Victor Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-6891 | 12-in. | 3/17/1909 | The red mill two-step | Victor Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-6892 | 12-in. | 3/17/1909 | Daughter of love waltzes | Victor Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-6894 | 12-in. | 3/18/1909 | Blue Danube waltz | Victor Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-6894 | 10-in. | 3/17/1909 | Blue Danube waltz | Victor Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-6899 | 10-in. | 3/18/1909 | The Mikado lancers | Victor Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-6900 | 12-in. | 3/18/1909 | The Mikado lancers | Victor Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-6915 | 10-in. | 3/22/1909 | If you alone were mine | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal chorus | conductor | |
Victor | B-6916 | 10-in. | 3/22/1909 | Oh, the women | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal chorus | conductor | |
Victor | C-6962 | 12-in. | 4/5/1909 | Golden lilies | Victor Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-7004 | 12-in. | 4/16/1909 | Dear heart | George Hamlin | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-7005 | 12-in. | 4/16/1909 | Then you'll remember me | George Hamlin | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-7021 | 12-in. | 4/29/1909 | Danny Deever | Reinald Werrenrath | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-7064 | 10-in. | 5/12/1909 | Passage birds' farewell | Harry Macdonough ; Reinald Werrenrath | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-7077 | 10-in. | 5/13/1909 | For all eternity | Emilio de Gogorza | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-8008 | 10-in. | 5/26/1909 | Bold stroke | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-8011 | 10-in. | 5/26/1909 | All together | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal chorus | conductor | |
Victor | B-8051 | 10-in. | 6/14/1909 | Medley from The candy shop | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra, with mixed vocal trio | conductor | |
Victor | B-8057 | 10-in. | 6/15/1909 | Love's confession waltz | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-8058 | 10-in. | 6/15/1909 | Black and white | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-8083 | 10-in. | 6/29/1909 | The Turkish patrol | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-8084 | 10-in. | 6/29/1909 | Yankee patrol | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-8094 | 10-in. | 7/6/1909 | Laurentian echoes | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-8140 | 10-in. | 8/11/1909 | Berlin echoes | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Rogers, Walter B.," accessed October 6, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102188.
Rogers, Walter B.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 6, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102188.
"Rogers, Walter B.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 October 2024.
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LCNAR: Rogers, Walter B., 1865-1939 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78016385
Wikidata: Walter B. Rogers - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4463404
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MusicBrainz: Walter B. Rogers - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3c423820-1f42-4587-94fa-821a98419fcf
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