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 876-900 of 2261 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-14147 | 10-in. | 12/3/1913 | Khrysis | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-14162 | 10-in. | 12/8/1913 | Dance of the honey bees | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra, with whistling | conductor | |
Victor | B-14212 | 10-in. | 12/18/1913 | Where is my boy to-night | Evan Williams | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-14220 | 10-in. | 12/18/1913 | From Alaska to Panama | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | C-14221 | 12-in. | 12/18/1913 | The poem | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-14222 | 10-in. | 12/18/1913 | Leg of mutton | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-14223 | 10-in. | 12/18/1913 | Some smoke | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | C-14224 | 12-in. | 12/18/1913 | Maurice hesitation waltz | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-14250 | 10-in. | 12/30/1913 | El irresistible | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-14251 | 10-in. | 12/30/1913 | Brazilian dreams | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-14252 | 10-in. | 12/30/1913 | Pepper pot | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | C-14253 | 12-in. | 12/30/1913 | The girl on the film | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-14254 | 10-in. | 12/30/1913 | Amapa | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | C-14255 | 12-in. | 12/30/1913 | Adele waltzes | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-14256 | 10-in. | 12/30/1913 | Sans-souci | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | C-14260 | 12-in. | 12/31/1913 | Liuba's air | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-14277 | 10-in. | 1/8/1914 | E lucevan le stelle | Giovanni Martinelli | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-14280 | 10-in. | 1/9/1914 | All aboard for Dixieland | Victor Military Band | Band, with drum | conductor | |
Victor | B-14281 | 10-in. | 1/9/1914 | Ninette | Victor Military Band | Band, with drum | conductor | |
Victor | C-14297 | 12-in. | 1/9/1914 | Maurice mattchiche | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | C-14298 | 12-in. | 1/9/1914 | Queen of the movies | Victor Military Band | Band, with drum | conductor | |
Victor | C-14299 | 12-in. | 1/9/1914 | La brulante | Victor Military Band | Band, with drum | conductor | |
Victor | C-14300 | 12-in. | 1/9/1914 | Sari waltzes | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-14301 | 10-in. | 1/9/1914 | Adele medley | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | C-14302 | 12-in. | 1/9/1914 | Waltz brune | 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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