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 751-775 of 2261 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-12981 | 10-in. | 3/11/1913 | Sunshine girl tango | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | C-12982 | 12-in. | 3/11/1913 | Sands of the desert medley waltz | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-12983 | 10-in. | 3/11/1913 | Haunting rag | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-13006 | 10-in. | 3/25/1913 | In my harem | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-13007 | 10-in. | 3/25/1913 | That's how I need you | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-13008 | 10-in. | 3/25/1913 | Tango land | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-13009 | 10-in. | 3/25/1913 | At Uncle Tom's cabin door | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | C-13091 | 12-in. | 12/30/1913 | The horse trot | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-13149 | 10-in. | 4/17/1913 | Eva | Banda Rodríguez [i.e., Victor Band] | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-13150 | 10-in. | 4/17/1913 | La casta Susana | Banda Rodríguez [i.e., Victor Band] | Band | conductor | |
Victor | C-13151 | 12-in. | 4/17/1913 | On the wing galop | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-13151 | 10-in. | 4/29/1913 | On the wing galop | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-13152 | 10-in. | 4/29/1913 | Military escort march | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | C-13152 | 12-in. | 4/17/1913 | Military escort march | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-13153 | 10-in. | 4/17/1913 | On the Mississippi medley | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | C-13198 | 12-in. | 4/25/1913 | Miserere | Olive Kline ; Harry Macdonough | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra and male vocal chorus | conductor | |
Victor | C-13207 | 12-in. | 4/29/1913 | I'm going back to Memphis, Tennessee | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | C-13208 | 12-in. | 4/29/1913 | The trail of the lonesome pine | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | C-13209 | 12-in. | 4/29/1913 | Gold and silver | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-13213 | 10-in. | 4/30/1913 | Baciami | Herbert Witherspoon | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-13250 | 10-in. | 5/8/1913 | Oh you circus day medley | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-13251 | 10-in. | 5/8/1913 | Melinda's wedding day | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-13252 | 10-in. | 5/8/1913 | I've been through the mill | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | C-13253 | 12-in. | 5/8/1913 | When I lost you | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | C-13254 | 12-in. | 5/8/1913 | Nights of gladness | Victor Military Band | Band | 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
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/49418707
MusicBrainz: Walter B. Rogers - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3c423820-1f42-4587-94fa-821a98419fcf
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