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Sowerby, Leo
composer, Klavier, musicisti, church musician
| born: 01 May 1895 |
Grand Rapids, Michigan / state, USA |
Source: 1 |
| died: 07 Jul 1968 |
Port Clinton, Ohio / state, USA |
Source: 1 |
| date of Variety obit: 10 Jul 1968 |
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| Berlin Philharmonic: debut as soloist/conductor: 27 Sep 1923 |
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| perf: 1938 |
Venezia, Italy (La Fenici) |
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Stowell, Robin
Review / CDs Sowerby : Music for Violin and Piano (Robert Murray (violin), Gail Quillman (piano)) (Premier)
Sharp, Timothy Wayne
The choral music of Leo Sowerby
A centennial perspective
Choral Journal 35:9-15 N8 1995
biog mus notes port
Leo Sowerby centenary 1895-1995
Choir & Organ 3:26-7 N6 1995
ports
Groom, L.H.
Leo Sowerby remembered
American Organist: 29:54-5 May 1995
cover port port
World music news
Music Clubs Magazine 74:20 N3 1995
Note: compositions are being distributed in preparation for the 100th anniversary of the composer's birth
Devenney, David P.
Source readings in American choral music
College Music Society, 1995, 258 p.
Crociata, Francis
Leo Sowerby
The 100th anniversary celebration of an American original
American Organist: 29:50-53 May 1995
cover port facs ports
Gregg, J.W.
From the president : Leo Sowerby (1895-1968) on: musical snobbism
Nats Journal: 51:1-2+ N5 1995
Hall, Bonlyn G.
Hedges, Bonnie
Twentieth-century composers in the Chesapeake region
A bio-bibliography and guide to library holdings
Compiled and edited by Bonnie Hedges and Bonlyn Hall
Richmond, Virginia: Chesapeake Chapter Music Library Association, 1994, 168 p.
Hubbard, George R.
Through the liturgical year with the anthems of Leo Sowerby
American Organist: 26:86-7 Mar 1992
port
Indice Dei Nomi
p. 487-570 In:
Rossi, Franco
Girardi, Michele
Il teatro la Fenici : chronologia degli spettacoli 1938-1991
Venezia: Albrizzi Editore, 1992, 650 p.
Number of People : 11,539
Johnson, B.
Record review American Voices II : Choral Music by William Schuman, Leo Sowerby and Stephen Shewan (Roberts Wesleyan Chorale and soloists, c. R. Shewan) (Bay Cities)
Poultney, David
Dictionary of western church music
By David Poultny
Chicago: American Library Association, 1991, 234 p.
Te Velde, R.G.
Anthem options for the AGO service playing test, 1991-92
American Organist: 25:30 Jul 1991
Darasse, Xavier
Catagrel, Gilles
Roubinet, Michel
Sabatier, Francois
Guillard, Georges
Francois-Sappey, Brigitte
Guide de la musique d'orgue
Sous la direction de Gilles Catagrel avec la collaboratino de Xavier Darasse, Brigitte Francois-Sappey, Georges Guillard, Michel Roubinet, Francois Sabatier
Record reviews Leo Sowerby : Sonata for Pianoforte; Suite for Piano; Passacaglia (Gail Quillman, piano) (New World CD)
American Music 9:240-41 N2 1991
In review Recordings: Leo Sowerby: Piano Works
illustr.
Note: New World label recording by Gail Quillman
Perdicaris, E.M.
Sowerby's Passacaglia and Canon, Chacony and Fugue
American Organist: 23:56-8 Jan 1989
biog mus port
Perdicaris, E.M.
Sowerby's Passacaglia and Canon, Chacony and Fugue
American Organist: 23:56-8 Jan 1989
biog mus port
Composers and arrangers
The above item is part of :
Rogal, Samuel J.
Guide to hymn tunes of American methodism
Compiled by Samuel J. Rogal
New York: Greenwood Press, 1986
(Series: Music Reference Collection; 7)
Sadie, Stanley
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
The new Grove dictionary of American music
edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie
New York, N.Y. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. 4 v.
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Wilson, Lyle G.
A dictionary of pianists
London: Robert Hale, 1985
Number of People : 2,597
Butterworth, Neil
A dictionary of American composers
Number of People : 525
Cansler, Philip T.
Twentieth-century music for trumpet and organ
An annotated bibliography
By Philip T. Cansler
Nashville, Tennessee: Brass Press, c1984., 46 p.
(Series: Brass Research Series; 11)
[Orchestra Members]
The above item is part of :
Muck, Peter
Einhundert Jahre Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester. Darstellung in Dokumentation im Auftrag des Berliner Orchesters. Dritter Band
Die Mitglieder des Orchesters, die Programme, die Konzertreisen ...
Verfassst von Peter Muck
Tutzing: Verlegt bei Hans Schneider, 1982, 509 p.
Number of People : 5,035
Fusner, H.
Sowerby's Forsaken of Man a forgotten masterpiece?
American Organist: 16:48 May 1982
Anderson, E. Ruth
Contemporary American composers
A biographical dictionary
Second edition
Compiled by E. Ruth Anderson
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Sadie, Stanley
The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
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Index
The above item is part of :
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Variety obits. An index to obituaries in Variety, 1905-1978
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1980, 311 p.
Number of People : 101,729
Seeley, Robert James
A performer's study of the sacred solo songs of Leo Sowerby' with organ accompaniment
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Forth Worth, Tex.). 1980. dissertation.
Performer Index : Conductors
p. 417-446 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Vol. 5: indexes
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1980, 664 p.
Number of People : 2,281
Press, Jaques Cattell
ASCAP biographical dictionary of composers, authors and publishers
Fourth edition
Compiled for the American Society of Composers, Authors and publishers by Jaques Cattell Press
New York: R. R. Bowker, 1980, 589 p.
Number of People : 8,161
Robijns, Jozef
Zijlstra, Miep
Algemene muziek enciclopedie
hoofdred., J. Robijns en Miep Zijlstra
Haarlem: De Haan, [1979]-1984
Number of People : 16,262
Guiltman, Michael Patrick
The absolute music for piano solo by Leo Sowerby
Eastman School of Music (Rochester, N.Y.). 1977. dissertation.
Anderson, Ruth
Contemporary American composers
A biographical dictionary
1st ed.
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1976, 513 p.
Number of People : 3,758
Sundstrom, Einar
Morin, Gosta
Moberg, Carl-Allan
Sohlman's musiklexikon
2. rev. och utvidgade uppl.
Redaktion: Gosta Morin, Carl-Alan Moberg och Einar Sundstrom
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Dictionary of contemporary music
Edited by John Vinton
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Index to biographies of contemporary composers
Vol. II
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Number of People : 16,276
Jones, Raymond Durward
Leo Sowerby : his life and his choral music
Iowa (Iowa City). 1973. dissertation.
A list of works performed at the American Composers' Concerts and Festivals 1925-71
p. 9 In:
American Composers' Concerts and Festivals of American Music 1925-71; cumulative repertoire
Institute of American Music of the University of Rochester
Rochester, NY: 1972, 75 p.
Hinds, B. Wayne
Leo Sowerby
A biography and descriptive listing of anthems
George Peabody College for Teachers (Nashville). 1971. dissertation. [Note: "1971/72"]
Index to music necrology : 1968 necrology
Notes (Music Library Association), 1969, p. 701
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European composers today
A biographical and critical guide
New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1969
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Howard, John Tasker
A short history of music in America
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Index to biographies of contemporary composers
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Hines, Robert Stephan
The composer's point of view : essays on twentieth-century choral music by those who wrote it
Edited by Robert Stephan Hines
Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press [1963], 342 p.
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Townend, P.
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New York: Hafner Publishing Co., 1962, 331 p.
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Prieberg, Fred K.
Lexikon der neuen Musik
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Lyons, James
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Our American music : three hundred years of it
Third edition, revised and reset.
With supplementary chapters by James Lyons
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Goss, Madeleine (Binkley)
Modern music-makers : contemporary American composers
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1952
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Fifth (Mid-Century) Edition
Dr. J.T.H. Mize Editor-in-Chief
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Moberg, Carl-Allan
Sundstrom, Einar
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Sendrey, Alfred
Bibliography of Jewish music
By Alfred Sendrey
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Overseas section
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Pine, L.G.
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London: Shaw Publishing, 1950, 419 p.
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Bagar, Robert C.
Concert companion
A comprehensive guide to symphonic music
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1947], 868 p.
Reis, Claire Raphael
Composers in America : biographical sketches of contemporary composers with a record of their works
Revised and enlarged edition
New York: MacMillan, 1947, 399 p.
Thompson, Oscar
The internatinoal cyclopedia of music and musicians
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Howard, John Tasker
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Our contemporary composers : American music in the twentieth century
By John Tasker Howard with the assistance of Arthur Mendel
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Barone, J.
Who is who in music
1941 edition
Chicago: Lee Stern Press, 1941
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Bio-bibliographical index of musicians in the United States of America since colonial times
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O'Connell, Charles
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941
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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
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The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians in One Volume
Compiled and edited by Albert E. Wier
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Tuthill, Burnet C.
Leo Sowerby.
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Schmidl, Carlo
Dizionario universale dei musicisti
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Number of People : 11,317
Frank, Paul
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The history of American church music
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Damrosch, Walter
Kinscella, Hazel Gertrude
Mason, Daniel Gregory
Music on the air
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Foreword by Dr. Walter Damrosch
Introduction by Dr. Daniel Gregory Mason
Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1934, 436 p.
Les compositeurs des plus recentes oeuvres symphoniques
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Chateau, Earl
Histoire du developpement des orchestres symphoniques aux Etats Unis
Par Earl Chateau
Strasbourg: Librairie Universitaire d'Alsace, 1933, 259 p.
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Key, Pierre V.R.
Pierre Key's musical who's who
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Edited by Pierre V.R. Key; editor Musical Digest and ...
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Riemann, Hugo
Musiklexikon
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The world's best music
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Grove's dictionary of music and musicians. American supplement ...
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Remy, Alfred
Baker, Theodore
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
Third edition
Revised and enlarged by Alfred Remy, M.A.
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Saerchinger, Cesar
International who's who in music and musical gazetteer
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Number of People : 5,340
Blizzard, J.T.
A performer's study of selected psalm settings for solo voice with piano or organ accompaniment by Howard Hanson, Carlisle Floyd, Ned Rorem, Leo Sowerby, Ernest Bloch, and Edmund Rubbra
- Dissertation Abstracts International: A 49:1613a Jan 1989
Seeley, Robert James
A performer's study of the sacred solo songs of Leo Sowerby, with organ accompaniment
- Dissertation Abstracts International: A 41:2349a Dec 1980
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