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 1-25 of 2261 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Berliner | 01187 | 7-in. | Apr. 1900 | Souvenir of Naples | Walter B. Rogers ; Sousa's Band | Cornet solo, with band | arranger, instrumentalist, cornet | |
Berliner | 01188 | 7-in. | Apr. 1900 | Ah! ’twas a dream | Walter B. Rogers ; Sousa's Band | Cornet solo, with band | instrumentalist, cornet | |
Berliner | 01189 | 7-in. | Apr. 1900 | The three solitaires | Herbert L. Clarke ; Henry Higgins ; Walter B. Rogers ; Sousa's Band | Cornet trio, with band | instrumentalist, cornet | |
Berliner | 01202 | 7-in. | Apr. 1900 | The golden wedding | Sousa's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]348 | 10-in. | 4/2/1901 | Souvenirs of Naples | Sousa's Band | Band, with cornet solo | instrumentalist, cornet | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]348 | 7-in. | 10/5/1900 | Souvenirs of Naples | Sousa's Band | Band, with cornet solo | instrumentalist, cornet | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]349 | 7-in. | 10/5/1900 | Ah! 'Twas but a dream | Sousa's Band | Band, with cornet solo | instrumentalist, cornet | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]375 | 10-in. | 6/21/1901 | Auld lang syne | Walter B. Rogers ; Sousa's Band | Cornet solo, with band | arranger, instrumentalist, cornet | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]375 | 7-in. | 10/5/1900 | Auld lang syne | Walter B. Rogers ; Sousa's Band | Cornet solo, with band | arranger, instrumentalist, cornet | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]523 | 7-in. | 11/19/1900 | War songs | Walter B. Rogers | Cornet solo, with piano | arranger, instrumentalist, cornet | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix C-]524 | 12-in. | 6/24/1902 | A soldier's dream | Walter B. Rogers ; Sousa's Band | Cornet solo, with band | composer, instrumentalist, cornet | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]524 | 10-in. | 5/31/1902 | A soldier's dream | Walter B. Rogers ; Sousa's Band | Cornet solo, with band | composer, instrumentalist, cornet | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]524 | 7-in. | 11/19/1900 | A soldier's dream | Walter B. Rogers ; Sousa's Band | Cornet solo, with band | composer, instrumentalist, cornet | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]525 | 10-in. | 4/4/1902 | A southern dance | Walter B. Rogers ; Sousa's Band | Cornet solo, with band | composer, instrumentalist, cornet | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]525 | 7-in. | 11/19/1900 | A southern dance | Walter B. Rogers ; Sousa's Band | Cornet solo, with band | composer, instrumentalist, cornet | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]526 | 7-in. | 11/19/1900 | Just sweet sixteen | Sousa's Band | Cornet solo, with band | instrumentalist, cornet | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]527 | 7-in. | 11/19/1900 | Old black Joe | Walter B. Rogers | Cornet solo, with orchestra | arranger, instrumentalist, cornet | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]528 | 7-in. | 11/19/1900 | Not long ago | Walter B. Rogers ; Sousa's Band | Cornet solo, with band | instrumentalist, cornet | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]529 | 7-in. | 11/20/1900 | Concert polka | Walter B. Rogers | Cornet solo, with piano | instrumentalist, cornet | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]530 | 7-in. | 11/20/1900 | Dear golden days | Walter B. Rogers ; Sousa's Band | Cornet solo, with band | instrumentalist, cornet | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]531 | 10-in. | 8/11/1902 | German sounds | Walter B. Rogers ; Sousa's Band | Cornet solo | instrumentalist, cornet | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]531 | 7-in. | 11/20/1900 | German sounds | Walter B. Rogers ; Sousa's Band | Cornet solo | instrumentalist, cornet | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]532 | 10-in. | 8/8/1902 | Yankee Doodle | Walter B. Rogers ; Sousa's Band | Cornet solo | arranger, instrumentalist, cornet | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]532 | 7-in. | 11/20/1900 | Yankee Doodle, with variations | Walter B. Rogers | Cornet solo | arranger, instrumentalist, cornet | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]837 | 10-in. | 8/1/1902 | Answer | Arthur Pryor ; Walter B. Rogers | Cornet and trombone duet, unaccompanied | instrumentalist, cornet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Rogers, Walter B.," accessed September 2, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102188.
Rogers, Walter B.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 2, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102188.
"Rogers, Walter B.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 September 2024.
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