May 1 - Leo Sowerby (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for May 1st may be found here: William Lawes (2019),  Judy Collins (2020), and William Lawes (2021)

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Leo Sowerby (1 May 1895 – 7 July 1968) was an American composer and church musician, sometimes called the “Dean of American church music” in the early to mid 20th century.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Musical Mystery

He won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1946. -- Wikipedia

When a panel of serious guys

Gave Sowerby the Pulitzer Prize,

Did the chairman’s address

To the musical press

Expound on the wherefores and whys?

 

 

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