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 651-675 of 2261 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-10094 | 10-in. | 3/22/1911 | My laddie | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-10142 | 12-in. | 4/3/1911 | Gems from Madame Sherry | Victor Opera Company | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-10175 | 10-in. | 4/12/1911 | Siciliana | George Hamlin | Tenor vocal solo, with harp and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-10503 | 12-in. | 5/26/1911 | Concerto in A minor : Adagio | Frank La Forge | Piano solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-10948 | 10-in. | 9/14/1911 | The lost chord | Reinald Werrenrath | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-11080 | 10-in. | 10/11/1911 | Oxdansen | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | C-11210 | 12-in. | 11/8/1911 | Prologo | Pasquale Amato | Baritone vocal solo, with harp and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-11211 | 12-in. | 11/8/1911 | Di Provenza il mar | Pasquale Amato | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-11212 | 12-in. | 11/8/1911 | Il balen | Pasquale Amato | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-11213 | 12-in. | 11/9/1911 | Canzone del toreador | Pasquale Amato | Baritone vocal solo, with harp and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-11214 | 12-in. | 11/9/1911 | Largo al factotum | Pasquale Amato | Baritone vocal solo, with harp and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-11215 | 12-in. | 11/9/1911 | Credo (Iago's creed) | Pasquale Amato | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-11229 | 10-in. | 11/10/1911 | Music caressing of violins | Inez Barbour ; John Young | Female-male vocal duet | conductor | |
Victor | C-11337 | 12-in. | 12/7/1911 | Träume | Ernestine Schumann-Heink | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-11341 | 10-in. | 12/7/1911 | A child's prayer | Ernestine Schumann-Heink | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-11356 | 12-in. | 12/12/1911 | Light as air | Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-11391 | 12-in. | 12/18/1911 | Vainement, ma bien aimée | Edmond Clément | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-11392 | 10-in. | 12/18/1911 | Berceuse | Edmond Clément | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | CC-11393 | 12-in. | 12/18/1911 | Ah! fuyez douce image! | Edmond Clément | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-11394 | 10-in. | 12/18/1911 | Lied d'Ossian | Edmond Clément | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-11395 | 10-in. | 12/18/1911 | Un autre est son époux! | Edmond Clément | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-11415 | 10-in. | 12/28/1911 | Love never dies | Harry Anthony ; Inez Barbour | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-11416 | 10-in. | 12/28/1911 | The darkies' ragtime ball | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-11417 | 10-in. | 12/28/1911 | Dixie moon | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-11437 | 12-in. | 1/7/1912 | Siam giunti, o giovinette | Frances Alda ; Enrico Caruso ; Josephine Jacoby ; Marcel Journet | Vocal quartet (soprano, contralto, tenor, and bass), with 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
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MusicBrainz: Walter B. Rogers - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3c423820-1f42-4587-94fa-821a98419fcf
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