About
Born in England, Rogers’ family moved to Germany when she was twelve, and, in 1857, she became the youngest person to ever enter the Leipzig Conservatory at the time. At the conservatory, she studied several instruments, as well as composition and voice.
Upon graduating from the conservatory at the age of sixteen, Rogers chose to pursue a career as an opera singer. She spent the next five years singing in Italy and England before moving to America in 1871 as part of an opera company. She continued to sing and tour in America until 1878 when she married Henry Munroe Rogers and settled in Boston.
Rogers’ life in Boston remained rich artistically, though in a different way than when she was a singer. She became friends with prominent women composers like Amy Marcy Beach and Margaret Ruthven Lang, and her home became a center for musical gatherings.
Rogers eventually wrote about 100 songs, as well as several pedagogical books about the voice.
–Christie Finn
Related Information
Songs
A Match
Clara Kathleen Rogers
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Song Collection: Songs, Op. 20
Ah, Love, But a Day
Clara Kathleen Rogers
Robert Browning
Song Collection: Six Songs, Op. 27 (Browning Songs)
Apparitions
Clara Kathleen Rogers
Robert Browning
Song Collection: Six Songs, Op. 27 (Browning Songs)
Confession
Clara Kathleen Rogers
Song Collection: Songs, Op. 20
I Have a More Than Friend
Clara Kathleen Rogers
Robert Browning
Song Collection: Six Songs, Op. 27 (Browning Songs)
Kiss Mine Eyelids, Lovely Morn, Op. 17
Clara Kathleen Rogers
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Mona
Clara Kathleen Rogers
Alice Cary
Song Collection: Songs, Op. 20
Out Of My Own Great Woe
Clara Kathleen Rogers
Song Collection: Six Songs, Op. 27 (Browning Songs)
Overhead the Tree-Tops Meet
Clara Kathleen Rogers
Robert Browning
Rhapsody
Clara Kathleen Rogers
James Berry Bensel
Song Collection: Songs, Op. 20
Six Songs, Op. 27 (Browning Songs)
Song CollectionClara Kathleen Rogers
Songs, Op. 20
Song CollectionClara Kathleen Rogers
Spring
Clara Kathleen Rogers
Song Collection: Songs, Op. 20
Summum Bonum
Clara Kathleen Rogers
Robert Browning
Song Collection: Six Songs, Op. 27 (Browning Songs)
The Year's at the Spring
Clara Kathleen Rogers
Robert Browning
Song Collection: Six Songs, Op. 27 (Browning Songs)
What Does the Little One See Down There?
Clara Kathleen Rogers
Song Collection: Songs, Op. 20
Sheet Music
Browning Songs (1st Series Op. 27)
Composer(s): Clara Kathleen Rogers
Voice Type: Medium High
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