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 were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings (Results 1001-1025 of 2261 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-15367 | 10-in. | 11/10/1914 | Prinz Eugen | Carl Schlegel | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-15368 | 12-in. | 11/10/1914 | Non è ver | Emilio de Gogorza | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15369 | 10-in. | 11/10/1914 | Comme se canta a Napule | Emilio de Gogorza | Baritone vocal solo, with mandolin and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15370 | 10-in. | 11/10/1914 | A perfect day | Emilio de Gogorza | Baritone vocal solo, with cello and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15374 | 10-in. | 11/10/1914 | Preguntale a las estrellas | Emilio de Gogorza | Baritone vocal solo, with mandolin and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15378 | 10-in. | 11/11/1914 | For king and country | Edward Hamilton [i.e., Reinald Werrenrath] | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15380 | 10-in. | 11/11/1914 | El celoso | Emilio de Gogorza | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15390 | 10-in. | 11/12/1914 | One sweetly solemn thought | Alma Gluck ; Louise Homer | Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15391 | 10-in. | 11/12/1914 | Oh morning land | Alma Gluck ; Louise Homer | Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-15397 | 12-in. | 11/13/1914 | Carry me back to old Virginny | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-15398 | 12-in. | 11/13/1914 | Oh, sleep! Why dost thou leave me? | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-15399 | 12-in. | 11/13/1914 | I know that my Redeemer liveth | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15400 | 10-in. | 11/13/1914 | The fairy pipers | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15416 | 10-in. | 11/23/1914 | Tenting on the old camp ground | John McCormack | Tenor vocal solo, with male vocal chorus, celeste, and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15417 | 10-in. | 11/23/1914 | The vacant chair | John McCormack | Tenor vocal solo, with male vocal chorus, celeste, and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15418 | 10-in. | 11/23/1914 | Forward Belgium | John McCormack | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15419 | 10-in. | 11/23/1914 | Somewhere a voice is calling | John McCormack | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15420 | 10-in. | 11/23/1914 | Mavis | John McCormack | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15442 | 10-in. | 12/1/1914 | Hortencia | Banda Rodríguez [i.e., Victor Band] | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-15445 | 10-in. | 12/1/1914 | Río Rosa | Banda Rodríguez | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-15446 | 10-in. | 12/1/1914 | Cuando escuches este vals | Banda Rodríguez [i.e., Victor Band] | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-15447 | 10-in. | 12/1/1914 | Adela | Banda Rodríguez [i.e., Victor Band] | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-15448 | 10-in. | 12/1/1914 | Días felices | Banda Rodríguez [i.e., Victor Band] | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-15449 | 10-in. | 12/1/1914 | Salud y pesetas | Banda Rodríguez | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-15450 | 10-in. | 12/2/1914 | They all had a finger in the pie | American 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
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/49418707
MusicBrainz: Walter B. Rogers - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3c423820-1f42-4587-94fa-821a98419fcf
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