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 951-975 of 2261 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-15137 | 10-in. | 8/19/1914 | I want to go back to Michigan | Morton Harvey | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15179 | 10-in. | 9/10/1914 | After the roses have faded away | Arthur C. Clough | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-15181 | 12-in. | 9/11/1914 | Gems from Miss Daisy | Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15199 | 10-in. | 9/18/1914 | Belgium national air | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-15200 | 10-in. | 9/18/1914 | Servia national air | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-15201 | 10-in. | 9/18/1914 | Montenegro : National air | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-15202 | 10-in. | 9/18/1914 | China national air ('The world's delight') | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-15203 | 10-in. | 9/18/1914 | Greece national song | Victor Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-15204 | 10-in. | 9/18/1914 | Bulgaria national air | Victor Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-15205 | 10-in. | 9/18/1914 | Căntec naţional Român | Victor Military Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-15236 | 10-in. | 10/1/1914 | The last rose of summer | Lucy Isabelle Marsh | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-15238 | 12-in. | 10/1/1914 | On the road to Mandalay | Frederick J. Wheeler | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15239 | 10-in. | 10/1/1914 | Night hymn at sea | Elsie Baker ; Frederick J. Wheeler | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15257 | 10-in. | 10/6/1914 | No te vayas de Zamboanga | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15258 | 10-in. | 10/6/1914 | Una noche en Honduras | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15259 | 10-in. | 10/6/1914 | Manila boxing rag | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15260 | 10-in. | 10/6/1914 | Manila carnival rag | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-15261 | 12-in. | 10/7/1914 | While shepherds watched | Victor Oratorio Chorus | Vocal chorus, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-15262 | 12-in. | 10/7/1914 | It came upon the midnight clear | Victor Oratorio Chorus | Vocal chorus, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-15263 | 12-in. | 10/8/1914 | Delightful bird | Lucy Isabelle Marsh | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15264 | 10-in. | 10/8/1914 | Sweet Inniscarra | Reed Miller | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15265 | 10-in. | 10/8/1914 | Exhortation | Reed Miller | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15267 | 10-in. | 10/12/1914 | Christmas day in the morning | Olive Kline | Female vocal solo, with vocal chorus and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15271 | 10-in. | 10/9/1914 | Pull for the shore | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15272 | 10-in. | 10/9/1914 | Back to the Carolina you love | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, 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
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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