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Leo Sowerby (01 May 1895 - 07 Jul 1968)

Male Person - United States

Relationships (16)

Students

  1. David Van Vactor
  2. Robert Beadell
  3. Gail Kubik
  4. Mahlon Merrick
  5. Irene Britton Smith ( - 1943)
  6. Paul Callaway
  7. Robert S. Whitney
  8. Thomas Wikman
  9. Edwin Fissinger
  10. Leon Stein
  11. Gail Quillman
  12. Norman Luboff
  13. Ned Rorem
  14. Arthur Olaf Andersen
  15. Florence Price
  16. Michael Czajkowski composition

Recordings by (13)

  1. Fantasy for Flute Stops 6:37 (Apr 1989)
  2. Requiescat in Pace 8:38 (Apr 1989)
  3. Symphony in G Major for Organ: Very Broadly - Moderately Fast 17:19 (Apr 1989)
  4. Symphony in G Major for Organ: Fast And Sinister 8:01 (Apr 1989)
  5. Symphony in G Major for Organ: Passacaglia 11:26 (Apr 1989)
  6. Pageant of Autumn 12:55 (09 Sep 1991)
  7. Comes Autumn Time 6:43 (1991)
  8. Magnificat in D 5:28 (27 Jan 1998)
  9. Nunc Dimittis in D 4:37 (27 Jan 1998)
  10. String Quartet in G Minor, H. 226: I. Languidly, Darkly - Fast, with Dash 13:47 (22 Mar 2024)
  11. String Quartet in G Minor, H. 226: II. Very Fast 6:03 (22 Mar 2024)
  12. String Quartet in G Minor, H. 226: III. Slowly, Rhapsodically 5:43 (22 Mar 2024)
  13. String Quartet in G Minor, H. 226: IV. Recitative. Broadly - Fugue. Moderately Fast, Yet with Broad Sweep 5:55 (22 Mar 2024)

Credited as (14)

  1. Leo Sowerby
  2. William Schuman, Aaron Copland, Leo Sowerby; Grant Park Orchestra, Grant Park Chorus, Carlos Kalmar, Christopher Bell
  3. Leo Sowerby; Chicago Sinfonietta, Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman
  4. Leo Sowerby; Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman
  5. Barber, Piston, Sowerby, Colgrass; David Schrader, Grant Park Orchestra, Carlos Kalmar
  6. Leo Sowerby; David Craighead, David Mulbury, The Fairfield Orchestra, John Welsh
  7. Leo Sowerby; Gail Quillman, Julia Tsien
  8. Leo Sowerby; Gail Quillman
  9. Leo Sowerby; Andy Baker Orchestra, Avalon String Quartet
  10. Frank Ferko, Leo Sowerby; David Schrader
  11. Leo Sowerby; Catharine Crozier
  12. Lang, Kee, Sowerby, Gade, Ogden, Hindemith, Karg‐Elert; Hans-Otto Jakob
  13. Florence Beatrice Price, Leo Sowerby; Avalon String Quartet
  14. Leo Sowerby, The Choir of St. Thomas, Fifth Avenue, Gerre Hancock & Judith Hancock

Works (111)

Composed

  1. Three Summer Beach Sketches, H109: III. Sand – solemnly (1915)
  2. Three Summer Beach Sketches, H109 (1915)
  3. Three Summer Beach Sketches, H109: I. Light – in big style (1915)
  4. Three Summer Beach Sketches, H109: II. Water – introspectively (1915)
  5. Comes Autumn Time (Oct 1916)
  6. Comes Autumn Time (Oct 1916)
  7. Tramping Tune for Piano and Strings, H 122c (1916 - 1917)
  8. Carillon (1917)
  9. From the Northland: I. Forest Voices (1923)
  10. From the Northland: II. Cascades (1923)
  11. From the Northland: III. Burnt Rock Pool (1923)
  12. From the Northland: IV. The Shining Big-Sea Water (1923)
  13. From the Northland (1923)
  14. Medieval Poem (1926)
  15. Symphony no. 2: II. Recitative: Very Slowly (1927 - 1928)
  16. Symphony no. 2: III. Fugue: Not Fast; With Dignity (1927 - 1928)
  17. Symphony no. 2 in B minor (1927 - 1928)
  18. Symphony no. 2: I. Sonatina: Sprightly (1927 - 1928)
  19. Prairie (1929)
  20. Symphony in G major, H 206: I. Very broadly (1930 - 1931)
  21. Symphony in G major, H 206: II. Fast and sinister (1930 - 1931)
  22. Symphony in G major, H 206: III. Passacaglia (1930 - 1931)
  23. Symphony in G major, H 206 (1930 - 1931)
  24. Passacaglia, Interlude and Fugue, H207a (1931)
  25. Passacaglia, Interlude and Fugue (1931 - 1932)
  26. Pageant (1931)
  27. Prelude (for two pianos), H212 (Oct 1932)
  28. Concerto for Organ no. 1 in C major (1937)
  29. Piece After Carl Sandburg’s "Theme in Yellow" (1938)
  30. Toccata, H 259 (1941)
  31. Concert Overture (1941)
  32. Classic Concerto (1944)
  33. Classic Concerto: I. Merrily, with snap (1944)
  34. Classic Concerto: II. Very freely (Dreamily and Rhapsodically; with poignant expression) (1944)
  35. Classic Concerto: III. In broad style (1944)
  36. The Canticle of the Sun: Praised be my Lord for all those who pardon one another… (1945)
  37. The Canticle of the Sun: Praised be my Lord for our sister the death of the body… (1945)
  38. The Canticle of the Sun: Blessed are they… (1945)
  39. The Canticle of the Sun: Praise ye the Lord… (1945)
  40. The Canticle of the Sun: Praised be my Lord God with all his creatures… (1945)
  41. The Canticle of the Sun: Praised be my Lord for our sister the moon… (1945)
  42. The Canticle of the Sun: Praised be my Lord for our brother the wind… (1945)
  43. The Canticle of the Sun: Praised be my Lord for our sister water… (1945)
  44. The Canticle of the Sun: Praised be my Lord for our brother fire… (1945)
  45. The Canticle of the Sun: Praised be my Lord for our mother the earth… (1945)
  46. The Canticle of the Sun: O most high… (1945)
  47. The Canticle of the Sun (1945)
  48. Concertpiece for Organ and Orchestra, H. 307 (1951)
  49. Festival Musick: III. Toccata on "AGO" (With Verve) (1953)
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Orchestrated

  1. Comes Autumn Time (1917)
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Links (14)

Other Databases

  1. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2291149A
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79095292
  3. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102497
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79095292
  5. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14827648v
  6. https://d-nb.info/gnd/103853286
  7. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w65x280r

IMSLP

  1. https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Sowerby,_Leo

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Sowerby

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1349679

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001185571

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/51955896

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q733341

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/57YJTAWbAvnwB4NJbQorqB