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Edward Rogers is a Los Angeles–based musician and composer for film and television. He has written the music for several television series, including Bloodline ( Netflix ), Warehouse 13 ( Syfy ), NYPD Blue ( ABC ), Over There ( FX ), and Alphas ( Syfy) as well as numerous films, advertising spots and television movies.
Edward Rogers is an Emmy-nominated composer for film, television and other media. He recently co-composed the score for the critically acclaimed Netflix series “Bloodline” with frequent collaborator Tony Morales. Rogers’ television credits also include the SyFy hit series “Warehouse 13” and “Alphas”.
Career. References. External links. Edward S. Rogers III. Edward Samuel Rogers III (born June 22, 1969) is a Canadian businessman who serves as the chairman of Rogers Communications. He is also the chairman of the Rogers Control Trust, which controls the majority of the voting shares of Rogers Communications. Early life and family.
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Born into a Jewish family in Queens, New York, Rodgers was the son of Mamie (Levy) and Dr. William Abrahams Rodgers, a prominent physician who had changed the family name from Rogazinsky. Rodgers began playing the piano at the age of six. He attended P.S. 166, Townsend Harris Hall and DeWitt Clinton High School. Rodgers spent his early teenage summ...
Rodgers and Hart
In 1919, Richard met Lorenz Hart, thanks to Phillip Levitt, a friend of Richard's older brother. Rodgers and Hart struggled for years in the field of musical comedy, writing several amateur shows. They made their professional debut with the song "Any Old Place With You", featured in the 1919 Broadway musical comedy A Lonely Romeo. Their first professional production was the 1920 Poor Little Ritz Girl, which also had music by Sigmund Romberg. Their next professional show, The Melody Man, did n...
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Rodgers' partnership with Hart began having problems because of the lyricist's unreliability and declining health. Rodgers began working with Oscar Hammerstein II, with whom he had previously written songs (before ever working with Lorenz Hart). Their first musical, the groundbreaking hit Oklahoma! (1943), is a notable example of a "book musical", a musical play in which the songs and dances are fully integrated into the plot. What was once a collection of songs, dances and comic turns held t...
After Hammerstein
Rodgers composed five new musicals between Hammerstein's death in 1960 and his own in 1979. In chronological order, they are: No Strings (1962), Do I Hear a Waltz? (1965), Two by Two (1970), Rex (1976), and I Remember Mama(1979). Rodgers wrote both words and music for his first new Broadway project No Strings, which earned two Tony Awards and played 580 shows. The show was a minor hit and featured the song, "The Sweetest Sounds". Rodgers also wrote both the words and music for two new songs u...
In 1930, Rodgers married Dorothy Belle Feiner (1909–92). Their daughter, Mary (1931–2014), was the composer of Once Upon a Mattress and an author of children's books. The Rodgers later lost a daughter at birth. Another daughter, Linda (1935–2015), also had a brief career as a songwriter. Mary's son and Richard Rodgers's grandson, Adam Guettel (b. 1...
Rodgers died in 1979, aged 77, after surviving cancer of the jaw, a heart attack, and a laryngectomy. He was cremated, and his ashes were scattered at sea.
In 1990, the 46th Street Theatre was renamed the Richard Rodgers Theatre in his memory. In 1999, Rodgers and Hart were each commemorated on United States postage stamps. In 2002, the centennial year of Rodgers' birth was celebrated worldwide with books, retrospectives, performances, new recordings of his music, and a Broadway revival of Oklahoma!. ...
Secrest, Meryle (2001). Somewhere For Me. Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. ISBN 1-55783-581-0.
Richard Rodgers at the Internet Broadway DatabaseRichard Rodgers at IMDbRichard Rodgers at PlaybillVaultJan 31, 2022 · Edward Rogers is a Los Angeles based musician and composer for film, television and videogames. He has written the music for several critically acclaimed television series, including NYPD Blue (ABC), Over There (FX), and Warehouse 13 (Syfy) as well as numerous films, advertising spots and tel…
British-born, NYC-based prolific singer-songwriter Edward Rogers releases his eighth solo album, Catch A Cloud, via Zip Records on 25 June 2021. Catch A Cloud is a soul-searching, stripped-down personal statement, a trippy swirl of music and ideas, observations of what was going on around him at the time, which influenced both the music and the ...
Edward Rogers "Catch A Cloud shows a more reflective side to the British-born, NYC-based singer-songwriter. With a lyrics and vocal style blending Ian Hunter and Ray Davies with music bringing shades of 60s psychedelia, these are 11 heartfelt songs of love, life and loss.
