Friday, June 23, 2023

TDCM: June 23rd - Leo Sowerby

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 


Leo Sowerby (1895-1968)


Bio

Leo Salkeld Sowerby was born in Michigan. He was prodigious and taught himself Organ as a young man. He studied at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. He was a bandmaster in World War I and taught at the American Conservatory for many years. He founded the College of Church Musicians in '62 and directed it till his death. 

Music

Symphony No. 3


Canticle of the Sun


Monotony


From the Northland


Theme in Yellow


Poem for Viola and Organ



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