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 1726-1750 of 2261 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-17190 | 10-in. | 2/18/1916 | In the R-O-T-A-R-Y | Harry Lauder | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-17191 | 10-in. | 2/18/1916 | Mary of Argyle | Harry Lauder | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-17192 | 12-in. | 2/18/1916 | Listen to the mocking bird | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with bird imitations and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-17193 | 10-in. | 2/18/1916 | Nightingale song | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with bird imitations and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-17194 | 12-in. | 2/18/1916 | Serenade | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-17195 | 12-in. | 2/23/1916 | Mia sposa sara la mia bandiera | Enrico Caruso | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-17196 | 10-in. | 2/23/1916 | The rosary | Enrico Caruso | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-17197 | 12-in. | 2/23/1916 | Ah, la paterna mano | Enrico Caruso | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-17198 | 10-in. | 2/23/1916 | Vecchia zimarra | Enrico Caruso | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-17199 | 10-in. | 2/24/1916 | The robin's return | Charles Crawford Gorst | Whistling solo, with piano, harp, and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-17200 | 10-in. | 2/24/1916 | Spring song | Charles Crawford Gorst | Whistling solo, with violin, harp, and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-17201 | 10-in. | 2/24/1916 | He's my cousin if she's your niece | Marie Cahill | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-17202 | 10-in. | 2/24/1916 | Drip, drip, drip went the waterfall | Marie Cahill | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-17203 | 10-in. | 2/24/1916 | You go your way and I'll go mine | Marie Cahill | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-17204 | 10-in. | 2/24/1916 | Bring back my Barney to me | Marie Cahill | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-17205 | 10-in. | 2/24/1916 | When I get back, back to County Kerry | Marie Cahill | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-17206 | 10-in. | 2/24/1916 | Tell me some more | Marie Cahill | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-17213 | 12-in. | 2/25/1916 | Songs of the past, no. 9 | Victor Mixed Chorus | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-17214 | 12-in. | 2/25/1916 | Songs of the past, no. 10 | Victor Mixed Chorus | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-17215 | 10-in. | 2/25/1916 | When the right girl comes along | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with vocal chorus and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-17218 | 12-in. | 2/23/1916 | Cantique de Noël | Enrico Caruso | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-17219 | 10-in. | 2/26/1916 | When the world forgets | Homer A. Rodeheaver | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-17220 | 10-in. | 2/26/1916 | Molly and the baby, don't you know | Homer A. Rodeheaver | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-17221 | 10-in. | 2/26/1916 | My wonderful dream | Homer A. Rodeheaver | Male vocal solo, with trombone and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-17222 | 10-in. | 2/26/1916 | In the garden | Mrs. William Asher ; Homer A. Rodeheaver | Female-male vocal duet, with organ and brass quartet | conductor |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Rogers, Walter B.," accessed August 19, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102188.
Rogers, Walter B.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved August 19, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102188.
"Rogers, Walter B.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 August 2024.
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LCNAR: Rogers, Walter B., 1865-1939 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78016385
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