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Rogers, Eddy
ington 1927-28; Berlin 1928-45. Chief of Film, Theater and Music Section, Information Control Division U.S. Forces in Europe 1945. Since 1946 free-lance composer in Holly­wood. Scores for motion pictures: Yankee Doodle Dandy (Acad. Award 1942); Lady From Shanghai; It Had to Be You; Down to Earth; I, Jane Doe; Station West; Fuller Brush Man; Heaven Only Knows; Valentino. Home: 10619 Landale St., North Hollywood, Calif.
Rogan, Jimmy, composer, author; b. Perth Amboy, N.J., Oct. 28, 1908. ASCAP 1948. Educ: Perth Amboy High School; St. Mary's Parochial High School; Szabo Cons, of Music. Violin with Peter Bartosik; harmony, Rolf Gunst and David Stark; cello, Sidney Herbert. In high school or­ganized dance band and wiote several school plays. Instrumentalist in vaudeville, motion picture theaters and night clubs. Songs: "When a Gypsy Makes His Violin Cry"; "Star­dust on the Moon"; "You Started Something"; "Moonlight Mood"; "Stars and Soft Guitars"; "Song of the Cricket." Home: Ridgefield, N.J. Ad­dress: c/o ASCAP.
Rogers, Bernard, composer, educator, critic; b. New York, N.Y., Feb. 4, 1893. ASCAP 1945. Educ: New York public schools. Studied in U.S. with Bloch and Goetschius; Europe with Bridge and Boulanger. Loeb Prize (Inst, of Musical Art) 1920; Pulitzer Scholarship 1918; Guggen­heim Fellowship 1927-29. Nine years on staff of "Musical America"; since 1929 member faculty of Eastman School of Music. Member, Natl. Inst, of Arts and Letters. Works for or­chestra: To the Fallen; The Faithful, overture; Fuji and the Sunset Glow; Prelude to Hamlet; Three Japanese Dances; Four Symphonies; Two American Frescoes; The Song of the Nightingale; The Supper at Emmaus;
Elegy To the Memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Five Fairy Tales (Juilliard Publication Award 1936); Dance of Salome; Soliloquy for flute and string orchestra; Hear My Prayer, (Comm. for Centenary of Temple Emanuel, New York); Characters After Hans Christian Andersen; suite, The Silver World; a second Soliloquy for bassoon and strings; ballet, The Colors of War; String Quartet; Amphitryon, overture, (Comm. by Juilliard School of Music, 1946); opera, The Marriage of Aude (David Bispham Medal); opera, The War-rior ($1500 Ditson Award 1946, pre­miere, Met. Opera House, 1947); The Veil; cantatas, The Raising of Lazarus, A Letter From Pete, and the Exodus; oratorio, The Passion (Pre­miere, Cincinnati May Festival, 1946). Book: The Orcliestral Painter. Home: Rochester, N.Y. Address: Eastman School of Music, Rochester, N.Y.
Rogers, Dick, composer, pianist, guitarist, singer; b. New York, N.Y., Sept. 23, 1912. ASCAP 1941. Educ.: New York public schools. Vaudeville entertainer 1925-32; member of popu­lar orchestras 1933-41, then or­ganized own orchestra. Works: "Be­tween 18th and 19th on Chestnut Street"; "Wouldst Could I But Kiss Thy Hand, Oh Babe"; "Dry Bones"; "Pompton Turnpike"; "Julius Caesar"; "Missouri Scrambler"; "Come Back to Sorrento"; "Spaghetti Rag"; "I Guess I'll Get the Papers." Home: New York, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Rogers, Eddy, composer; b. Norfolk, Va., Sept. 23, 1907. ASCAP 1947. Educ.: public schools; Royal Cons, of Naples, Master of Arts and Musicologist degrees. Studied music in New York with Rubin Goldmark. Violin concertist in Europe and U.S. Staff conductor N.B.C. New York and band and orch. leader. At present, musical director, radio, Denver,