James Hotchkiss Rogers
James Hotchkiss Rogers | |
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Fair Haven, Connecticut | |
| Died | November 28, 1940 (aged 83) Pasadena, California |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, teacher, critic, publisher |
| Instrument(s) | Organ |
James Hotchkiss Rogers (February 7, 1857 – November 28, 1940) was an American organist, composer, teacher, music critic, and publisher.[1]
Biography
James was born in
In addition to his organist positions at the Euclid Avenue Temple[8] (a position he held for 50 years), he taught at the Cleveland School of Music and served as a critic for the Cleveland Plain Dealer.[1] He was not a harsh critic: even when Isadora Duncan danced in an outrageous red costume in 1922, Rogers simply wrote, "all things considered, the orchestra did very well." Rogers explained his role was not to discourage but rather to encourage and advise.[7] He also published some of his own music and those of others.[1]
Upon his retirement from the Cleveland School of Music, he was honoured by 500 musicians and friends at a farewell dinner. He moved to Pasadena, California, where he died. He was buried in Lake View Cemetery.[7]
In 1946, the Cleveland Orchestra dedicated a program to music by Rogers. A portrait, painted by Mary Seymour Brooks,[9] was presented to the Western Reserve Historical Society a year later.[2]
Music
Rodgers was a prolific composer, writing about 550 works.[1] He composed organ works, church music, and over 130 art songs.[1][10]
He also composed lighter secular partsongs, Christmas and Easter cantatas, several Mass settings, and temple service music.[1]
Rogers also published several pedagogical volumes for the piano, and he edited and published several volumes of organ pieces from a variety of sources.[1]
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f g h William Osborne, "Rodgers, James H(otchkiss), in The Grove Dictionary of American Music
- ^ a b J. Heywood Alexander, It Must Be Heard, quoted in the online Encyclopedia of Cleveland History [1]
- ^ Benjamin, Biographies of Celebrated Organists of America, p. 110.
- ^ Biographical Sketches, Songs by Thirty Americans, p. xiii.
- ^ Benjamin, p. 110
- ^ Biographical Sketches, Songs by Thirty Americans, p. xiv.
- ^ a b c [2] The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
- ^ "Cleveland Jewish History - Anshe Chesed (Euclid Avenue Temple)".
- ^ WRHS Permanent Collection item 46.1057. "Presented to the W.R.H.S. at a meeting & tea arranged by Mrs. Adella Prentiss Hughes, Dec. 6, 1947. [3]
- ^ His songs were composed between 1878 and 1933.
References
- Alexander, J. Heywood (1981), It must be heard : a survey of the musical life of Cleveland, 1836-1918, Cleveland, Ohio: Western Reserve Historical Society
- Benjamin, William Howard (1908), "James H. Rogers", Biographies of Celebrated Organists of America, Albany, New York: Benjamin Publishing Company, p. 110
- Osborne, William (2013), "James H(otchkiss) Rogers", in Garrett, Charles Hiroshi (ed.), The Grove Dictionary of American Music, vol. 7, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 193–194, ISBN 978-0-19-999066-5
- Hughes, Rupert, ed., Songs by Thirty Americans, Boston: Oliver Ditson, 1904
External links
- [4] article in the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
- [5] The James Hotchkiss Rogers Papers at the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio
- [6] Songs by Thirty Americans on IMSLP
- [7] Pupils of Alexandre Guilmant
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