About
Born in Fair Haven, Connecticut, James Hotchkiss Rogers’ family relocated to Chicago when he was 13 and Rogers eventually established his career as a musician in Cleveland, Ohio. For more than 50 years, he was the organist at the Euclid Avenue Temple. He taught at the Cleveland School of Music and was a critic for the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
As a composer, he wrote more than 550 works, many for organ in addition to his songs. He published his own music, as well as the music of other composers.
–Christie Finn Source: William Osborne’s article in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Related Information
Songs
After Death in Arabia
James H. Rogers
Sir Edwin Arnold
Song Collection: In Memoriam
At Parting
James H. Rogers
Frederick Peterson
Dark Mother, Always Gliding Near
James H. Rogers
Walt Whitman
Song Collection: In Memoriam
In Memoriam
Song CollectionJames H. Rogers
Joy, Shipmate, Joy!
James H. Rogers
Walt Whitman
Song Collection: In Memoriam
Requiem
James H. Rogers
Robert Louis Stevenson
Song Collection: In Memoriam
Sail Forth
James H. Rogers
Walt Whitman
Song Collection: In Memoriam
The Last Invocation
James H. Rogers
Walt Whitman
Song Collection: In Memoriam
The Time For Making Songs Has Come
James H. Rogers
Hermann Hagedorn
Recordings

Echoes of Nightingales
(Leonard Bernstein, John Alden Carpenter, Celius Dougherty and James H. Rogers)
2009

Kirsten Flagstad, Vol. 4
(Samuel Barber, James H. Rogers, John Alden Carpenter, Richard Hageman and Stephen Foster)
1936
Sheet Music
In Memoriam (Walt Whitman)
Composer(s): James H. Rogers
Voice Type: Medium
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Composer(s): James H. Rogers
Voice Type: High
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Composer(s): James H. Rogers
Voice Type: Medium
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