Background
Rogers, Bernard was born on February 4, 1893 in New York City. Son of Solomon and Jeannette (Schalk) Rogers.
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Rogers, Bernard was born on February 4, 1893 in New York City. Son of Solomon and Jeannette (Schalk) Rogers.
Student Institute Museum Art, New York City, 1919-1921. Doctor of Music (honorary), Valparaiso University, 1959. Doctor of Humanities (honorary), Wayne State University, 1962.
He taught at the Cleveland Institute of Music, The Hartt School, and the Eastman School of Music. He retired from the latter school in 1967, and died in Rochester, New New York His pupils included Stephen Albert, Dominick Argento, Jacob Avshalomov, William Bergsma, David Borden, Will Gay Bottje, David Diamond, Walter Hartley, Ulysses Kay, John Louisiana Montaine, West. Francis McBeth, Ron Nelson, Burrill Phillips, Gardner Read, H. Owen Reed, Robert Ward, John Weinzweig, and Clifton Williams among others
Bernard Rogers composed five operas, five symphonies, other works for orchestra, chamber music, three cantatas, choral music and Lieder.
His one-act opera "The Warrior," for which Norman Corwin wrote the libretto, received its premiere at The Metropolitan Opera on January 11, 1947. He was a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity.
Member faculty, chairman composition department Eastman School Music, Rochester University, 1929-1967. Member of A.S.C.A.P., National Institute Arts and Letters, Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Mu Alpha. Member editorial staff, critic Musical America, 1913-1924.
Married Lillian Soskin, 1913 (divorced 1933). Married second, Anne Thacher, June 1934 (died October 1935). Married 3d, Elizabeth Mary Clark, August 27, 1938.