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 1201-1225 of 2261 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-15862 | 10-in. | 4/7/1915 | I want to be there | Herbert Stuart | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15863 | 10-in. | 4/7/1915 | The soldiers of the king | Herbert Stuart | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-15888 | 12-in. | 4/13/1915 | I due granatieri | Titta Ruffo | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15889 | 10-in. | 4/13/1915 | Rammenta i lieti di quando | Titta Ruffo | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15890 | 10-in. | 4/13/1915 | Serenade Mephistopheles | Titta Ruffo | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15891 | 10-in. | 4/14/1915 | Cantabile di Scarpia | Titta Ruffo | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15892 | 10-in. | 4/14/1915 | Urna fatale del mio destino | Titta Ruffo | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-15893 | 12-in. | 4/14/1915 | Dio possente | Titta Ruffo | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15894 | 10-in. | 4/14/1915 | All 'erta, marinar! | Titta Ruffo | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-15895 | 12-in. | 4/14/1915 | Eri tu? | Titta Ruffo | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-15896 | 12-in. | 4/15/1915 | Largo | Beatrice Harrison | Cello solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15897 | 10-in. | 4/15/1915 | Slumber song | Beatrice Harrison | Cello solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15898 | 10-in. | 4/15/1915 | Orientale | Beatrice Harrison | Cello solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15899 | 10-in. | 4/15/1915 | To my guitar | Beatrice Harrison | Cello solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-15900 | 12-in. | 4/15/1915 | The pipes of Pan | Emilio de Gogorza | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15901 | 10-in. | 4/15/1915 | Sally in our alley | Emilio de Gogorza | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-15902 | 12-in. | 4/16/1915 | Porque de mis ojos | Lucrezia Bori ; Andrés de Segurola | Vocal duet (soprano and bass), with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15903 | 10-in. | 4/16/1915 | El puñao de rosas | Lucrezia Bori ; Andrés de Segurola | Vocal duet (soprano and bass), with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15904 | 10-in. | 4/16/1915 | In pure stille | Lucrezia Bori | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-15905 | 12-in. | 4/16/1915 | O viens mon doux berger | Ema Destinnová ; Maria Duchêne | Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-15906 | 12-in. | 4/16/1915 | Miserere | Ema Destinnová ; Giovanni Martinelli | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with vocal chorus and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-15907 | 12-in. | 4/16/1915 | Ah, sì ben mio | Giovanni Martinelli | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15908 | 10-in. | 4/16/1915 | Wenn die Schwalben heimwarts zieh'n | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with violin obbligato and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15909 | 10-in. | 4/16/1915 | The rosary | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with violin and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-15910 | 10-in. | 4/17/1915 | Liebesfreud | Beatrice Harrison | Cello solo, with orchestra | conductor |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Rogers, Walter B.," accessed October 4, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102188.
Rogers, Walter B.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 4, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102188.
"Rogers, Walter B.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 October 2024.
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