Period: Early 20th
Century
Born: Wednesday, May 1, 1895 in Grand Rapids, Michigan
(USA)
Died: Sunday, July 7, 1968 in Port Clinton, Ohio
(USA)
Nation of Origin: United States
Major Works:
The Canticle of the Sun (1946)
Other Information:
Sowerby's The Canticle of the Sun won the Pulitzer prize in
1946.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc.,
January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors,
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group,
December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900,
Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186
Links to essays at other sites:
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Biographical essay at the Naxos site
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