Charles Rockwell

Charles J. Rockwell (born January 1869) was an American composer.

Rockwell was born in January 1869, in Uhrichsville, Ohio. Not much is known about him, with the exception that he composed a lot of light music. He has written works for concert bands, choirs, and piano music.

Works for concert band

• 1895 Magnolia Bloom Mazurka
• 1895 My Ideal, polka
• 1895 Our Standard, voor bariton en harmonieorkest
• 1895 Overture Defiance
• 1896 Gavotte Ladye Love
• 1896 Idle Dreams Waltz
• 1896 Overture Royal Purple
• 1896 The Dream of Love, Schottische
• 1897 Dashing Cavalry March, op. 159
• 1898 Our Admirals, mars
• 1899 Our Naval Reserve, mars
• 1900 A Rag-Time Frolic, March or Cake-Walk
• 1900 Only You Waltz
• 1900 Summer Dreams Waltz
• 1901 Across the Pacific, mars
• 1901 Ninth U.S. Infantry March
• 1901 Ramona Waltz
• 1902 Fires of Glory, ouverture
• 1902 Old Gold
• 1902 Puritan March
• 1903 Post of Danger, March
• 1908 Amaryllis Waltzes
• 1909 Guard of Honor
• 1909 King of Diamonds
• 1909 Valmond
• 1910 Triumphal
• 1911 Cloud Light Serenade
• 1911 Imperial Overture
• 1913 Great Comet
• 1913 Kenilworth
• 1916 Overture Militaire
• 1916 The Citadel
• 8th Regiment
• Alcantara, mars
• Dashing Brigadier, mars
• From Sea to Sea, mars
• Queen of the Night
• Snow Ball Club, mars
• Solitary Knight, mars
• The Pathfinder, mars
• Wyandotte, mars
• Zeus

Vocal music

• 1891 Serenade, voor twee tenoren, twee bassen en piano - tekst: Henry W. Longfellow

On piano

• 1897 In Old Kentucky, Schottische
• 1897 In the Garden, Polka
• 1898 Dance Alabama
• 1898 Georgia Jubilee ..., Schottische
• 1898 Little Picaninnies ..., Schottische
• 1898 The Monarch of the Waves, Gavotte, op. 188
• 1898 The Shepherd's Dream
• 1899 Aunt Jemima's Cake Walk
• 1900 Lovely Maiden Gavotte
• 1900 The Pearl of the Orient, Waltzes
• 1900 The Stolen Kiss, Gavotte
• 1903 The Talisman Two-step-march
• 1912 Flight of the Swallows, Valse Caprice
• Tootsie Wootsie Ragtime Two-Step

• Paul E. Bierley, William H. Rehrig: The heritage encyclopedia of band music : composers and their music, Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991, ISBN 0-918048-08-7