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 1351-1375 of 2261 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-16215 | 10-in. | 7/19/1915 | Ye spotted snakes | Victor Women's Chorus | Vocal chorus, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-16215 | 12-in. | 9/23/1915 | You spotted snakes | Victor Women's Chorus | Female vocal chorus, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-16216 | 12-in. | 7/20/1915 | Songs of the past, no. 4 | Victor Mixed Chorus | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-16217 | 12-in. | 7/21/1915 | Songs of the past, no. 5 | Victor Mixed Chorus | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-16218 | 12-in. | 7/21/1915 | Songs of the past, no. 6 | Victor Mixed Chorus | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16220 | 10-in. | 7/23/1915 | The sweetest girl in Monterey | James F. Harrison ; James Reed | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-16221 | 12-in. | 7/16/1915 | Song of the Vikings | Victor Male Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-16222 | 12-in. | 7/16/1915 | Song of the armorer | Victor Male Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16225 | 10-in. | 7/23/1915 | Little grey mother (Who waits all alone) | James F. Harrison ; James Reed | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16226 | 10-in. | 7/23/1915 | Dah's gwineter be er lan'slide | Reed Miller | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16277 | 10-in. | 7/29/1915 | I couldn't distinguish the words | Taylor Holmes | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-16278 | 12-in. | 7/29/1915 | The green eye of the little yellow god | Taylor Holmes | Recitation, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16306 | 10-in. | 8/3/1915 | You're the best little mother that God ever made | George MacFarlane | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16307 | 10-in. | 8/3/1915 | I would find you dear | George MacFarlane | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16308 | 10-in. | 8/3/1915 | Good night, good night | George MacFarlane | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16309 | 10-in. | 8/3/1915 | Ireland | George MacFarlane | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16316 | 10-in. | 8/4/1915 | The heart | George MacFarlane | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16317 | 10-in. | 8/4/1915 | My own home town in Ireland | George MacFarlane | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16318 | 10-in. | 8/4/1915 | I will always love you (As I do today) | George MacFarlane | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16319 | 10-in. | 8/5/1915 | Longing just for you | George MacFarlane | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16328 | 10-in. | 8/6/1915 | Divagación | Orquesta Rodríguez [i.e., Victor Orchestra] | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16329 | 10-in. | 8/6/1915 | Mar y cielo | Orquesta Rodríguez [i.e., Victor Orchestra] | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16330 | 10-in. | 8/6/1915 | Onda fugaz | Orquesta Rodríguez [i.e., Victor Orchestra] | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16331 | 10-in. | 8/6/1915 | Laura y Georgina | Orquesta Rodríguez [i.e., Victor Orchestra] | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16332 | 10-in. | 8/9/1915 | In the gold fields of Nevada | Charles Harrison | Male vocal 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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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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