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List of compositions by Leo Sowerby

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The following is a list of compositions by Leo Sowerby.

Choral

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  • "Ad te levavi animam meam"
  • "Behold, O God our Defender"
  • "Christians, to the Paschal Victim"
  • "Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire"
  • "I was glad when they said unto me"
  • "I will lift up mine eyes"
  • "Love came down at Christmas"
  • "Thy Word is a lantern" (in memory of President John F. Kennedy)

Organ

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Solo

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  • Carillon (1917)
  • Symphony in G (1930)
  • Pageant (1931)
  • Prelude on "The King's Majesty" (1945)
  • Canon, Chacony, & Fugue (1948)
  • Ten Preludes on Hymn Tunes (1950s, published by H.W. Gray in 1956, includes Deus tuorum militum, Sine nomine, St. Dunstan's, Capel, Song 46, St. Patrick, Were you there?, Land of rest, Charterhouse, and Ad perennis vitae fontem)[1]
  • Sinfonia Brevis (1965)
  • Passacaglia (1967)

With other instruments

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  • Organ concerto (1938)
  • Toccata on 'A.G.O.' for organ, brass and timpani
  • Festival Musick for organ, brass and timpani
  • Classic concerto for organ and orchestra (1944)
  • Mediæval Poem for organ, vocalist and orchestra
  • Concertpiece for organ and orchestra, (1951)

Orchestra & other instruments

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  • Violin concerto, premiered 1913, revised 1924
  • A Set of Four: A Suite of Ironics, published in 1931
  • Five symphonies
  • Concert overture for orchestra
  • Harp concerto
  • Passacaglia (1964) for carillon[2]

Chamber music

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References

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  1. ^ Sowerby, Leo (1956). Ten Preludes on Hymn Tunes. New York: H.W. Gray. OCLC 25755081.
  2. ^ "Passacaglia for Carillon". The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America. Retrieved 2021-05-12.