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 1226-1250 of 2261 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | C-15919 | 12-in. | 4/17/1915 | Adagio | Beatrice Harrison | Cello solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15923 | 10-in. | 4/21/1915 | When I was a dreamer (And you were my dream) | Lyric Quartet ; Harry Macdonough | Mixed vocal quartet and male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15924 | 10-in. | 4/21/1915 | Down among the sheltering palms | Lyric Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15943 | 10-in. | 4/23/1915 | Di quella pira | Giovanni Martinelli | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-15944 | 12-in. | 4/23/1915 | O paradiso! | Giovanni Martinelli | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-15945 | 12-in. | 4/23/1915 | Finale atto 3 | Paul Althouse ; Margarethe Arndt-Ober | Vocal duet (contralto and tenor), with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15946 | 10-in. | 4/23/1915 | Stride la vampa! | Margarethe Arndt-Ober | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15954 | 10-in. | 4/26/1915 | Sorrow | Victor Concert Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-15955 | 12-in. | 4/26/1915 | The dying poet | Victor Concert Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15959 | 10-in. | 4/27/1915 | The pipes of Gordon's men | Evan Williams | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15960 | 10-in. | 4/27/1915 | A spray of roses | Evan Williams | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-15961 | 12-in. | 4/27/1915 | Love song | Evan Williams | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-15962 | 12-in. | 4/27/1915 | The lost chord | Evan Williams | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15965 | 10-in. | 4/28/1915 | The moon drops low | Evan Williams | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15966 | 10-in. | 4/28/1915 | From the land of the sky-blue water | Evan Williams | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15967 | 10-in. | 4/29/1915 | Es steht ein' Lind' | Alma Gluck ; Paul Reimers | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15968 | 10-in. | 4/29/1915 | Der Tannenbaum | Alma Gluck ; Paul Reimers | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15969 | 10-in. | 4/29/1915 | Treue Liebe | Alma Gluck ; Paul Reimers | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15970 | 10-in. | 4/29/1915 | Drunten im Unterland | Alma Gluck ; Paul Reimers | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15971 | 10-in. | 4/29/1915 | Das Steierland | Alma Gluck ; Paul Reimers | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15978 | 10-in. | 4/30/1915 | Wenn die Schwalben heimwarts ziehn | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15979 | 10-in. | 4/30/1915 | The bluebells of Scotland | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15981 | 10-in. | 5/4/1915 | My little dream girl | James F. Harrison ; James Reed | Male vocal duet, with bells and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15983 | 10-in. | 5/3/1915 | Sprinkle me with kisses (If you want my love to grow) | Elsie Baker ; Charles Harrison | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15984 | 10-in. | 5/3/1915 | Jane | Charles Harrison ; Andrea Sarto | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | conductor |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Rogers, Walter B.," accessed October 7, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102188.
Rogers, Walter B.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 7, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102188.
"Rogers, Walter B.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 October 2024.
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