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 476-500 of 2261 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-4681 | 10-in. | 7/15/1907 | Merry widow waltz | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-4700 | 12-in. | 7/24/1907 | Kennst du das Land? | Ernestine Schumann-Heink | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-4713 | 12-in. | 7/25/1907 | Cujus animam | John A. Finnegan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-4725 | 12-in. | 7/30/1907 | Lord God of Abraham | Herbert Witherspoon | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-4730 | 12-in. | 7/30/1907 | The trumpet shall sound | Emil Keneke ; Victor Orchestra ; Herbert Witherspoon | Bass vocal solo, with trumpet and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-4746 | 10-in. | 8/2/1907 | Prayer after the tattoo | German Cavalry Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-4747 | 10-in. | 8/2/1907 | Harmonic retreat | German Cavalry Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-4748 | 10-in. | 8/2/1907 | Parade post with Kaiser Friedrich march | German Cavalry Band | Band | conductor | |
Victor | B-4762 | 10-in. | 8/5/1907 | The darkies' jubilee | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-4824 | 10-in. | 9/20/1907 | His Master's Voice march | Arthur Pryor's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-4962 | 10-in. | 12/9/1907 | Army and navy | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor, arranger | |
Victor | B-4963 | 10-in. | 12/9/1907 | Barcarolle | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-5021 | 10-in. | 1/14/1908 | The dream waltz | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-5041 | 10-in. | 9/15/1915 | The rosary | Ernestine Schumann-Heink | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-6005 | 10-in. | 3/3/1908 | Glow worm | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra, with chorus and bells solo | conductor | |
Victor | C-6025 | 12-in. | 3/10/1908 | Quartet : Addio dolce svegliare | Enrico Caruso ; Geraldine Farrar ; Antonio Scotti ; Gina Viafora | Vocal quartet (2 sopranos, tenor, and baritone), with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-6026 | 12-in. | 3/10/1908 | Finale act I, O quanti occhi fisi | Enrico Caruso ; Geraldine Farrar | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-6027 | 10-in. | 3/12/1908 | Happy days march | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-6078 | 10-in. | 4/2/1908 | A waltz dream : Selection | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-6079 | 12-in. | 4/2/1908 | Genée waltzes | Victor Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-6104 | 10-in. | 4/13/1908 | Medley of Harry Lauder songs | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-6241 | 10-in. | 6/1/1908 | Paraphrase of "In the sweet bye-and-bye" | Victor String Quartet | String quartet, with harp obbligato | arranger | |
Victor | B-6243 | 10-in. | 6/2/1908 | The vacant chair : Paraphrase | Victor Octette | Instrumental ensemble | arranger | |
Victor | B-6244 | 10-in. | 6/3/1908 | Alice, where art thou? | Louis Heine ; Darius Lyons | Flute and cello duet, with strings and harp | arranger | |
Victor | C-6309 | 12-in. | 7/17/1908 | Pamplona waltz | Victor Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Rogers, Walter B.," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102188.
Rogers, Walter B.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102188.
"Rogers, Walter B.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 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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