SOWERBY, Leo
b Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1 May 1895
d Port Clinton, Ohio, 7 July 1968, aged seventy-three
He studied piano, theory and organ in Chicago. During World War I he served in the Army as a bandmaster. In 1921 he received the Prix de Rome, which enabled him to spend three years in Italy. He returned to Chicago to teach composition at the American Conservatory from 1925 to 1962, and was also organist and choirmaster at St James' Cathedral from 1927 to 1962. In 1946 he won the Pulitzer Prize.
1916 (21)
Woodwind Quintet
1917 (22)
Piano Concerto No 1 (revised 1919)
Serenade for string quartet
Comes Autumn Time, for organ
1919 (24)
Trio for flute, viola and piano 1
920 (25)
Cello Sonata
The Edge of Dreams, song cycle
1921 (26)
Symphony No 1
Violin Sonata No 1
1922 (27)
From the Northland, for piano
Ballad of King Estmere, for two pianos and orchestra
1924 (29)
Synconata, for jazz orchestra
1925 (30)
From the Northland, for orchestra
The Vision of Sir Launfal, for chorus and orchestra
Monotony, for jazz orchestra
1926 (31)
Mediaeval Poem, for organ and orchestra
1928 (33)
Symphony No 2
1929 (34)
Cello Concerto (1929-34)
Prairie, symphonic poem
Florida Suite, for piano
1930 (35)
Organ Symphony
1931 (36)
Passacaglia, Interlude and Fugue, for orchestra
1932 (37)
Piano Concerto No 2
1936 (41)
Organ Concerto No 1
1938 (43)
Theme in Yellow, for orchestra
Clarinet Sonata
1939 (44)
Forsaken of Man, cantata
1940 (45)
Symphony No 3
1941 (46)
Poem, for viola with organ or orchestra
1944 (49)
Classic Concerto, for organ and strings
Violin Sonata No 2
Canticle of the Sun, cantata
1945 (50)
Trumpet Sonata
1947 (52)
Symphony No 4
1949 (54)
Ballade, for English horn and strings
1950 (55)
Christ Reborn, cantata
1951 (56)
Concert Piece, for organ and orchestra
1952 (57)
String Trio
1954 (59)
All on a Summer's Day, for orchestra
Fantasy, for trumpet and organ
1957 (62)
The Throne of God, for chorus and orchestra
1959 (64)
Ark of the Covenant, cantata
1964 (69)
Symphony No 5
Piano Sonata
1965 (70)
Solomon's Garden, for chorus and orchestra
1966 (71)
Symphonia brevis, for organ
1967 (72)
Dialogue, for organ and piano
Organ Concerto No 2
Organ Passacaglia
Sowerby also composed over 300 songs.