Sowerby, Leo

Sowerby, Leo
(1 May 1895, Grand Rapids, Mich. – 7 July 1968, Port Clinton, Oh.)
   He taught composition at the American Conservatory in Chicago from 1925–1962, was organist and choirmaster at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. James from 1927–1962, and was a founding director, from 1962–1968, of the College of Church Musicians in Washington, D. C. He composed more than 120 anthems as well as communion services, canticles, psalms, and other choral works.

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