BERKELEY (Sowerby)

BERKELEY (Sowerby)

Composer: Leo Sowerby
Published in 3 hymnals


Composer: Leo Sowerby

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 Comp… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: BERKELEY (Sowerby)
Composer: Leo Sowerby
Meter: Irregular
Incipit: 35532 16123 54453
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: © The Estate of Leo Sowerby

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Text

Worship (3rd ed.) #394

Include 2 pre-1979 instances
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