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James H(otchkiss) Rogers (Fair Haven, Connecticut, February 7, 1857 – Pasadena, California, November 28, 1940) was an American organist, composer, teacher, music critic, and publisher.〔William Osborne, "Rodgers, James H(otchkiss), in ''The Grove Dictionary of American Music''〕 ==Biography== James was born to Martin L. and Harriett Hotchkiss Rogers〔J. Heywood Alexander, ''It Must Be Heard,'' quoted in the online Encyclopedia of Cleveland History ()〕 in Fair Haven, Connecticut, descended from a family of "old New England stock".〔Benjamin, ''Biographies of Celebrated Organists of America'', p. 110.〕 He began studying piano by the age of twelve〔Biographical Sketches, ''Songs by Thirty Americans'', p. xiii.〕 and organ with Clarence Eddy in Chicago. At the age of eighteen he went to Berlin, Germany, where he studied for two years with Carl August Haupt and Rohde,〔Benjamin, p. 110〕 followed by two years in Paris, France, where he studied with Alexandre Guilmant, Henri Fissot, and Charles-Marie Widor.〔Biographical Sketches, ''Songs by Thirty Americans'', p. xiv.〕 He worked for a year in Burlington, Iowa before moving to Cleveland, Ohio, where he established himself primarily as an organist.〔 Rogers married Alice Abigail Hall on 20 October 1891 and had two children, Stewart and Marian.〔() The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History〕 In addition to his organist positions at the Euclid Avenue Temple〔http://www.clevelandjewishhistory.net/syn/anshechesed.htm〕 (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''.〔 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.〔 He also published some of his own music and those of others.〔 Upon his retirement from the Cleveland School of Music, he was honored by 500 musicians and friends at a farewell dinner. He moved to Pasadena, California, where he died. He was buried in Lake View Cemetery.〔 In 1946, the Cleveland Orchestra dedicated a program to music by Rogers. A portrait, painted by Mary Seymour Brooks,〔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. ()〕 was presented to the Western Reserve Historical Society a year later.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Hotchkiss Rogers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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