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 1451-1475 of 2261 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-16648 | 10-in. | 10/13/1915 | Whistle while you walk | Joseph Belmont ; Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with whistling and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16649 | 10-in. | 10/13/1915 | The blue jay and the thrush | Joseph Belmont ; Byron G. Harlan ; Billy Murray | Male vocal duet, with whistling and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16650 | 10-in. | 10/13/1915 | Birds in the night | Sophie Braslau | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-16651 | 12-in. | 10/13/1915 | Oh dry those tears | Sophie Braslau | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-16652 | 12-in. | 10/13/1915 | Embarrassment | Sophie Braslau | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16653 | 10-in. | 10/20/1915 | Bid me good-bye | Sophie Braslau | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-16653 | 12-in. | 10/13/1915 | Bid me good-bye | Sophie Braslau | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16665 | 10-in. | 10/14/1915 | Araby | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16670 | 10-in. | 10/18/1915 | Soldier boy | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16671 | 10-in. | 10/18/1915 | The wedding of the sunshine and the rose | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16672 | 10-in. | 10/18/1915 | Carmena | William Pickels | Boy soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16673 | 10-in. | 10/18/1915 | Just a-wearyin' for you | William Pickels | Boy soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16674 | 10-in. | 10/18/1915 | Cradle song | William Pickels | Boy soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16681 | 10-in. | 10/20/1915 | It came upon the midnight clear | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16702 | 10-in. | 10/21/1915 | You'd never know that old home town of mine | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16703 | 10-in. | 10/21/1915 | At the old plantation ball | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16704 | 10-in. | 10/21/1915 | Marche Boulanger | Torcom Bézazian | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16705 | 10-in. | 10/21/1915 | Mon soldat | Torcom Bézazian | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16706 | 10-in. | 10/21/1915 | Marche de triomphe | Torcom Bézazian | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16707 | 10-in. | 10/21/1915 | La bataille | Torcom Bézazian | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-16708 | 12-in. | 10/22/1915 | Cujus animam | Giovanni Martinelli | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16710 | 10-in. | 10/22/1915 | Questa o quella | Giovanni Martinelli | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16713 | 10-in. | 10/25/1915 | We'll never let the old flag fall | Frederick J. Wheeler | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16714 | 10-in. | 10/25/1915 | If the world should end tomorrow, I'd be tonight with you | Frederick J. Wheeler | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16715 | 10-in. | 10/25/1915 | When old Bill Bailey plays the ukalele | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, 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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