Bernard Rogers (4 February 1893 – 24 May 1968) was an American composer.
Rogers was born in New York City. He studied with Arthur Farwell, Ernest Bloch, Percy Goetschius, and Nadia Boulanger. 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 York.
Bernard Rogers composed five operas, five symphonies, other works for orchestra, chamber music, three cantatas, choral music and Lieder.
He was a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity.
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