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Rogers, James Hotchkiss |
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Colo. Works: Nella, grand opera; Andante Appassionato, string quintette; Imprompto for Moderns, piano solo; Town and Country Dance, with symph. score; Commodore Maury March, for band; also solos for violin, cello, saxophone, clarinet, and piano and violin transcriptions. Songs: "Maria Mia"; "Hand In Hand"; "Bet-tina"; "Only You." Home: Denver, Colo. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Rogers, James Hotchkiss, composer, organist, conductor, music critic; b. Fair Haven, Conn., Feb. 7, 1857; d. Pasadena, Calif., Nov. 28, 1940. ASCAP 1924. Educ: Lake Forest Acad., 111. Organ with Clarence Eddy, Chicago; piano with Loesch-horn and Ehrlich, Berlin; piano Fis-sot; organ, Guilmant; organ and composition, Widor, Paris. To U.S. 1880 organist and choirmaster Euclid Ave. Temple, Cleveland. Also organist Euclid Ave. Baptist Church and First Unitarian Church. Conductor of Rubinstein Club and Singers Club. Member American Guild of Organists; judge of applicants for F.A.G.O. Music editor Cleveland News two years; also Cleveland Plain Dealer 1915-32. Works: songs, "The Star"; "At Parting"; "The Last Song"; "Autumn"; "Love Has Wings'; "The Time for Making Songs"; and cycle Five Quatrains from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; "In Memoriam" (written in memory of son, Henry T. Rogers II, 1st Lt., U.S. Air Force 1892-1918); Cantata, The Man of Nazareth. Sacred anthems: "Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars and Orion"; "Great Peace Have They"; "Beloved, if God So Loved Us"; "Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts." For piano: Etude Milodique; Seines de Bal; Ten Etudes; Five Sonatas, Concert Overture; and Suite for Organ. Complete works total over three hundred fifty and also one hundred fifty graded pieces for piano study. Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP. |
Rolfe, Walter, composer; b. Rumford Corner, Me., Dec. 18, 1880; d. Brighton, Mass., Jan. 17, 1944. ASCAP
1931. Early youth, studied organ; later with Seldon Crafts; Prof. Lilienthal, two years, New York. Returned to Rumford as teacher, and at twenty-one started compositional work with waltz, The Kiss of Spring; two light operas, chorals, piano pieces and songs. Became editor-in-chief of music publishing house 1939. Instrumental works: Old Time Minstrel Show; Harbinger of Spring Waltz; Dress Parade; Swans-Down; Alumni March; Chapel Chimes; Cadets on Parade; also A Childs Primer for young piano beginners. Sacred songs: "Closer Still With Thee", "A Little While." Anthems: "The Master's Call", "Thou Art My Shepherd." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Roma, Caro (Carrie Northey), composer, author, singer, prima donna; b. of pioneer parents, Oakland, Calif., Sept. 10, 1866; d. Oakland, Calif., Sept. 22, 1937. ASCAP 1924. Educ.: Oakland public schools. Advanced studies, New England Cons, of Music, on graduating received medal from citizens of Boston. Child prodigy. At three, first stage appearance. In teens, directed French opera company on tour through Canada; conducted orchestras in West. Prima donna of Castle Opera Co. Boston; to San Francisco to alternate with Alice Nielsen in grand opera company there. In nineties, soloist U.S. Marine Band. Several years abroad in grand opera. Staff member New York publishing houses. Golden Jubilee concert at Trinity Auditorium, Los Angeles, Sept. 29,
1932, made up exclusively of her works. Works: Song-cycle, The Wandering One. Songs: "Resignation"; "My Jean"; "Can't You Hear Me Calling, Caroline?"; original settings for: "Ave Maria"; "Abide With Me"; "Nearer My God to Thee." Other works: "In the Garden of My Heart"; |
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