Short Name: | Leo Sowerby |
Full Name: | Sowerby, Leo, 1895-1968 |
Birth Year: | 1895 |
Death Year: | 1968 |
Leo Sowerby (1895-1968) was born in Grand Rapids and studied at the American Conservatory of Music, Chicago (M.A. 1918). He served as regimental bandmaster with the 332nd Field Artillery Band in both England and France (1917-1919). He became the first fellow of the American Academy in Rome, where he studied for three years. He participated in the Salzburg Festival for Contemporary Music in 1923. From 1924 to 1963 he was on the faculty of the American Conservatory. He also was organist and choirmaster of St. James Church (1927-1963). Sowerby had an interest in folk music which he turned into wonderful compositions. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his Canticle of the Sun (1946). He died at Port Clinton, Ohio.
--Presbyterian Hymnal Companion
Tunes by Leo Sowerby (9)![]() | As | Instances | Incipit |
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BERKELEY (Sowerby) | Leo Sowerby, 1895-1968 (Composer) | 4 | 35532 16123 54453 |
CRADLE HYMN | Leo Sowerby (Harmonizer) | 1 | 57123 17213 45533 |
[Lord, have mercy upon us] (Sowerby) | Leo Sowerby, 1895-1968 (Adapter) | 2 | 13454 31241 71 |
PALISADES | Leo Sowerby (Composer) | 2 | 16612 34211 33231 |
PERRY (Sowerby) | Leo Sowerby (Composer) | 11 | 17123 45336 5345 |
ROSEDALE (Sowerby) | Leo Sowerby, 1895-1968 (Composer) | 4 | |
TAYLOR HALL | Leo Sowerby (Composer) | 2 | 34565 32345 67517 |
[Weißt du, wie viel Sternlein stehen] | Leo Sowerby (Harmonizer) | 4 | 12334 26553 55445 |
VENITE ADOREMUS | Leo Sowerby (Harmonizer) | 7 | 53217 14322 17671 |