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Leo Sowerby

Leo Sowerby

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Birth
Wednesday, May 1, 1895
Grand Rapids, MI
United States
Groups
United States
Modern composers
Organists
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Death
Sunday, July 7, 1968
Port Clinton, OH
United States
Age: 
73

Composition list

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Chamber music

Musique de Fete: 2 trumpets-2 trombones-timpani-organ • (1953) • Chamber music piano-winds
Quartet: violin-cello-French horn-piano • (1911) • Chamber music piano-strings-winds
Serenade: string quartet • (1917) • Chamber music strings
Quintet: winds • (1916) • Chamber music winds
Trio 1: piano-violin-cello • Trios instruments identiques
Trio 2: piano-violin-cello • (1911) • Trios instruments identiques
Trio 3: piano-violin-cello • (1953) • Trios instruments identiques
Trio: flute-viola-piano • (1919) • Trios instruments identiques
Trio: strings • (1952) • Trios instruments identiques
Dialogue: piano-organ • (1967) • Duos instruments différents
Sonata 1: violin-piano • (1921) • Duos instruments différents
Sonata 2: violin-piano • Duos instruments différents
Sonata 3: violin-piano • (1922) • Duos instruments différents
Sonate 4 "Fantaisie": violin-piano • (1944) • Duos instruments différents
Sonata 5: violin-piano • (1959) • Duos instruments différents
Suite: violin-piano • (1918) • Duos instruments différents
Poeme: viola-organ • (1941) • Duos instruments différents
Sonata 1: cello-piano • (1912) • Duos instruments différents
Sonata 2: cello-piano • (1920) • Duos instruments différents
Suite: oboe-piano • (1963) • Duos instruments différents
Ballade: English horn-organ • (1949) • Duos instruments différents
Sonata: clarinet-piano • (1938) • Duos instruments différents
Sonata: trumpet-piano • (1945) • Duos instruments différents
Fantaisie: trumpet-organ • (1954) • Duos instruments différents

Concertante music

Poeme: viola-orchestra • (1941) • Autres pièces concertantes pour alto
Trio: violin-cello-orchestra • (1911) • Autre pièces concertantes pour Plusieurs cordes
Ballade du Roi Estmere: 2 pianos-orchestra • (1922) • Autres pièces concertantes pour 2 piano
Pageant: organ-orchestra • (1931) • Autres pièces concertantes pour orgue
Piece de Concert: organ-orchestra • (1951) • Autres pièces concertantes pour orgue
Poeme Medieval: organ-orchestra • (1926) • Autres pièces concertantes pour orgue
Concerto 1: organ-orchestra • (1936) • Organ concertos
Concerto 2: organ-orchestra • (1967) • Organ concertos
Concerto Classique: organ-string orchestra • (1944) • Organ concertos
Concerto 1: piano-orchestra • (1917) • Piano concertos
Concerto 2: piano-orchestra • (1932) • Piano concertos
Concerto: violin-orchestra • (1913) • Violin concertos
Concerto: cello-orchestra • (1934) • Cello concertos

Instrumental music

Suite "Florida": piano • (1929) • Suites
Suite: piano • (1959) • Suites
Suite: organ • (1937) • Dances
Passacaille: piano • (1942) • Old dances
Requiescat in Pace: organ • (1920) • Sacred songs
Canon, Chaconne et Fugue: organ • (1949) • Pièces
Pieces: organ • Pièces
Des Terres du Nord: piano • (1922) • Pièces à titre
Bright, Blithe and Brisk: organ • (1962) • Pièces à titre
Toccata: piano • (1941) • Pièces académiques
Prelude réellement Fugue, Interlude et Toccata: organ • (1959) • Pièces de caractère
Toccata: organ • (1940) • Pièces de caractère
Variations "Whimsical": organ • (1950) • Variations
Sonata: piano • (1948) • “Sonates”
Sonata: piano • (1964) • “Sonates”
Passacaille: organ • (1967) • “Sonates”
Sonate d'Eglise: organ • (1949) • “Sonates”
Symphonia Brevis: organ • (1966) • “Sonates”
Symphony: organ • (1930) • “Sonates”

Symphonic music

Des Terres du Nord: orchestra • (1925) • Suites
Symphony 1 • (1921) • Symphony
Symphony 2 • H.188 • (1928) • Symphony
Symphony 3 • (1940) • Symphony
Symphony 4 • (1947) • Symphony
Symphony 5 • (1964) • Symphony
Passacaille, Interlude et Fugue: orchestra • H.207 • (1931) • Pièces

Sacred music

Services • Autres offices
Magnificat et Nunc Dimittis: choir-organ • (1930) • Magnificat
Anthems • Antiennes - Antiphones - Répons
Cantiques • Hymnes
Arche du Couvent (L'): choir-organ • (1959) • Cantates sacrées
Cantate "Psaumes" • (1924) • Cantates sacrées
Cantique du Soleil • (1944) • Cantates sacrées
Christ Ressuscite: choir-organ • (1950) • Cantates sacrées
Forsaken of Man: choir-organ • (1939) • Cantates sacrées
Trone de Dieu (Le): choir-orchestra • (1957) • Cantates sacrées

Vocal music

Corona (La) • (1968) • Choral pieces isolated with orchestra
Jardin de Salomon (Le): choir-orchestra • (1965) • Choral pieces isolated with orchestra
Vision de Sir Launfal (La) • (1925) • Choral pieces isolated with orchestra
Edge of Dreams (The) • (1920) • Song cycles
Mélodies • Mélodies isolées

Compositions sorted on opus (if available)

H.188

Symphony 2 • (1928) • Symphony

H.207

Passacaille, Interlude et Fugue: orchestra • (1931) • Pièces

H.251

Ouverture de Concert

H.325

All on a Summer's Day: orchestra • (1954)

Sheet music for Leo Sowerby

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The Organ Music of Leo Sowerby - Volume 1 — Leo Sowerby

Organ — — Sacred
A Wedding Processional - Carillon - Canon, Chacony, and Fugue - Pageant - Passacaglia. Composed by Leo Sowerby (1895-1968). Organ. Fred Bock Publications. Sacred. 60 pages. Fred Bock Music Company #BG0879. Published by Fred Bock Music Company (HL.8738396).
Price: $22.00

The Organ Music of Leo Sowerby - Volume 2 — Leo Sowerby

Organ — — Sacred
A Joyous March * Comes Autumn Time * Prelude on The King's Majesty * Sonatina. Composed by Leo Sowerby (1895-1968). Organ. Fred Bock Publications. Sacred. Fred Bock Music Company #BG0895. Published by Fred Bock Music Company (HL.8738398).
Price: $18.00

The Organ Music of Leo Sowerby - Volume 4 — Leo Sowerby

Organ — — Sacred
Festival * Magnificat * Pageant of Autumn * Two Sketches. Composed by Leo Sowerby (1895-1968). Organ. Fred Bock Publications. Sacred. 64 pages. Fred Bock Music Company #BG0940. Published by Fred Bock Music Company (HL.8738408).
Price: $18.00

The Organ Music of Leo Sowerby - Volume 3 — Leo Sowerby

Organ — — Sacred
Choral Prelude * Prelude on Ite Missa Est * Prelude on Non Nobis Domine * Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart!. Composed by Leo Sowerby (1895-1968). Organ. Fred Bock Publications. Sacred. Fred Bock Music Company #BG0936. Published by Fred Bock Music Company (HL.8738405).
Price: $18.00

The Organ Music of Leo Sowerby — Leo Sowerby

Organ — — Sacred
Ballade for Organ and English Horn. Composed by Leo Sowerby (1895-1968). Organ/Horn. Fred Bock Publications. Sacred. 20 pages. Fred Bock Music Company #BG0881. Published by Fred Bock Music Company (HL.8738460).
Price: $14.00

Serenade, in G major; quartet for strings — Leo Sowerby

string quartet — parts —
Composed by Leo Sowerby (1895-1968) and Leo Sowerby (1895-1968). This edition: pamphlet. Parts. Published by Library Commerce (LC.39087009239130).
Price: $11.00

Suite, for violin and piano — Leo Sowerby

violin & piano — parts —
Composed by Leo Sowerby (1895-1968) and Leo Sowerby (1895-1968). This edition: pamphlet. Parts. Published by Library Commerce (LC.39087030642559).
Price: $13.00

Eternal Light — Leo Sowerby

Choral — Octavo — Sacred
Composed by Leo Sowerby (1895-1968). H.T. Fitzsimons Co. Sacred. Octavo. 4 pages. Fred Bock Music Company #F2295. Published by Fred Bock Music Company (HL.8738853).
Price: $1.00

I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes — Leo Sowerby

Choral — Octavo — Classical, Sacred
Composed by Leo Sowerby (1895-1968). Music Sales America. Classical, Sacred. Octavo. 8 pages. Boston Music #BMC6350. Published by Boston Music (HL.14015837).
Price: $1.00

Quintet — Leo Sowerby

Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in B-Flat, Horn in F, Bassoon — set of parts —
Composed by Leo Sowerby (1895-1968). Set of parts. With Standard notation. 40 pages. Theodore Presser Company #114-40348M. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.11440348M).
Price: $30.00

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Leo Sowerby lived most of his life in Chicago as organist/choirmaster of St. James Episcopal Cathedral (1927–62). He was de facto composer-in-residence of the Chicago Symphony (ca. 1917–1942). Sowerby was student of Calvin Lampert, Arthur Olaf Andersen and Percy Grainger. He was also the first recipient of the American Prix de Rome for music (1921-24); 1946 Pulitzer Prize (for the Canticle of the Sun, chorus and orchestra), and the first American Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music, London (1963), and founding director of the College of Church Musicians at Washington (National) Cathedral (1962–68). Sowerby left 550 compositions in every medium except opera. Most are available through the Theodore Presser Co.

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2014-06-05 15:50

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