Rogers, Bernard

Composed 1939. First performance Rochester Civic Orchestra, Rochester, N.Y., 25 October 1939, Howard Hanson conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of The colours of war / Bernard Rogers. [1939] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53802327

Title changed by composer to "Three Eastern Dances." Composed 1932. First performance Rochester, New York, 3 May 1934, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Three Japanese dances / Bernard Rogers. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53882770

Commissioned by The Louisville Orchestra. First performance Louisville, Kentucky, 28 October 1953, The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Dance scenes / by Bernard Rogers. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53802332

Composed 1934. First performance Rochester, New York, 16 January 1936, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Two American frescoes for large orchestra / by Bernard Rogers. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53882778

Composed 1926. First performance Rochester, N.Y., 29 April 1927, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Adonais : prelude and slow march for orchestra / by Bernard Rogers. [1926] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53882744

Commissioned by the League of Composers. Composed 1940. First performance in a CBS radio broadcast, New York, 3 May 1941, Columbia Concert Orchestra, Howard Barlow conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of The plains : landscapes for orchestra / Bernard Rogers. [1940] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53882683

Theme is a Thanksgiving hymn. Composed 1936. First performance Rochester, N.Y., 27 October 1937, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Symphony : based on a familiar hymn sung at Thanksgiving time / Bernard Rogers. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53882758

Composed 1940. First performance Eastman School of Music, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Rochester, N.Y., 25 April 1940, Howard Hanson conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of The dance of Salomé / Bernard Rogers. [1940] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53802330

Composed 1936. First performance Eastman School of Music, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Rochester, N.Y., 29 April 1937, Howard Hanson conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of The supper at Emmaus / Bernard Rogers. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53882740

Composed 1928. First performance Rochester, N.Y., 24 October 1930, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Symphony no. 2 : symphony for large orchestra / Bernard Rogers. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53882754

Composed 1938. First performance Rochester, N.Y., 18 October 1938, Rochester Civic Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor, Vincent Pezzi soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Soliloquy no. 2 for bassoon and string orchestra / Bernard Rogers. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53882730

Composed 1939. First performance Cincinnati, 21 March 1940, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Goossens conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Song of the nightingale : suite for orchestra after Hans Christian Andersen / by Bernard Rogers. [1939] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53882736

Composed 1938. First performance Rochester, N.Y., 25 April 1938, Rochester Civic Orchestra, Guy Fraser Harrison conductor, Joseph Mariano flute, Mordecai Luri, viola.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Fantasy for solo flute, solo viola and orchestra / by Bernard Rogers. [1938] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53882674

Composed 1947. First performance Rochester, New York, 6 May 1948, Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Symphony to soldiers / Bernard Rogers. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53882766

Composed 1954. First performance Rochester, New York, 11 February 1955, Rochester Philharmonic, Erich Leinsdorf conductor, Morris Secon soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Fantasia for solo horn, kettledrums & string orchestra / by Bernard Rogers. [1954] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53882662

Bernard Rogers (1893-1968) was an American composer and music teacher.

Born in New York City, Rogers studied at the Institute of Music Art in New York. He married his first wife Ann, with whom he had a daughter; after Ann's death he married Elizabeth Mary Clark in 1938.

Rogers taught at the Eastman School of Music for nearly forty years (1929-1967), as well as teaching at the Cleveland School of Music and the Hartt School in Connecticut. Awards and recognitions include a Pulitzer traveling scholarship (1921), Guggenheim Fellowship (1927-1929), Juillard commission (1947), Fulbright Award (1953), and Ford Foundation commission (1960), as well as honorary degrees from Valparaiso University (1959) and Wayne University (1962). Rogers was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, and a patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity.

From the guide to the Bernard Rogers Papers, 1931-1965, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)