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Harry Somers

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Birth
Friday, September 11, 1925
Toronto, Ont.
Canada
Groups
Canada
Modern composers
Electronic music
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Death
Tuesday, March 9, 1999
Toronto, Ont.
Canada
Age: 
73

Composition list

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Opera and lyrical music

Louis Riel • (1967) • Operas
Mario and the Magician • (1992) • Operas
Homeless Ones (The) • (1955) • Operettas
Ballade: ballet • (1958) • Ballets
Gigue pour une Bohemienne: ballet • (1973) • Ballets
Maison d'Atree (La): ballet • (1964) • Ballets
Pecheur et son Ame (Le): ballet • (1956) • Ballets
Death of Enkidu • (1977) • Chamber operas
Fool (The) • (1953) • Chamber operas
Improvisation: Narrator-soloists-instrumental ensemble • (1968) • Musiques de scène - Masques
Zen, Yeats and Emily Dickinson: 2 Narrator-Sop.-flute-piano-tape • (1975) • Musiques de scène - Masques

Sacred music

Gloria: SATB-2 trumpets-organ • (1964) • Ordinaire de la messe
Kyrie: Sop.-Alto-Tenor-Bass-choir-8 instruments-perc.-tape • (1972) • Ordinaire de la messe

Symphonic music

Scherzo: strings • (1947) • Symphonic movements
North Country: string orchestra • (1948) • Suites
Suite "Picasso": small orchestra • (1964) • Suites
Suite sur des Chants Populaires Canadiens (Petite): strings • (1955) • Suites
Passacaille et Fugue: orchestra • (1954) • Danses de salon
Lament et Primordial: orchestra • (1946) • Songs
Poeme Lyrique: orchestra • (1960) • Songs
Symphony 1 • (1951) • Symphony
Symphony: winds-percussion • (1961) • Symphony
Theme pour Variations: orchestra • (1964) • Symphonic variations
Variations: orchestra • (1979) • Symphonic variations
Fantaisie: orchestra • (1958) • Pièces
Mouvement: orchestra • (1961) • Pièces

Instrumental music

Sonnets: piano • (1946) • Album à titre
Gravure "La suite Vollard": flute • (1964) • Dances
Musique: violin • Pièces
Etrangete du Coeur: piano • (1942) • Pièces à titre
Solitudes: piano • (1947) • Pièces à titre
12 x 12: piano • (1951) • Pièces de caractère
Sonata 1: piano • (1945) • “Sonates”
Sonata 2: piano • (1946) • “Sonates”
Sonata 3: piano • (1950) • “Sonates”
Sonata 4: piano • (1950) • “Sonates”
Sonata 5: piano • (1957) • “Sonates”
Sonata: guitar • (1959) • “Sonates”

Chamber music

Mouvements: string quartet • (1982) • Chamber music strings
Quartet 1: strings • (1943) • Chamber music strings
Quartet 2: strings • (1950) • Chamber music strings
Quartet 3: strings • (1959) • Chamber music strings
Fanfare pour Jean Sebastien Bach: brass quintet • (1985) • Chamber music winds
Quintet: winds • (1948) • Chamber music winds
Trio: flute-violin-cello • (1950) • Trios instruments identiques
Mime: violin-piano • (1948) • Duos instruments différents
Rapsodie: violin-piano • (1948) • Duos instruments différents
Sonata 1: violin-piano • (1953) • Duos instruments différents
Sonata 2: violin-piano • (1955) • Duos instruments différents

Vocal music

God, the Master of this Scene • (1962) • Choral pieces isolated
Where Do We Stand, O Lord • (1955) • Choral pieces isolated
Wonder Song (The) • (1964) • Choral pieces isolated
Crucifixion: SATB-English horn-2 tromp.-harp-percussion • (1966) • Choral pieces isolated with instruments
Mélodies • Mélodies isolées
Kuyas: Soprano-flute-percussion • (1967) • Mélodies isolées : voix-instruments
Shaman's Song: Soprano-Mezzo-Baryton • (1983) • Oeuvres vocales isolées : 2 voix et plus
Chants des Outports de Terre Neuve: SATB-piano • (1969) • Choral pieces collection
Chants de la Nouvelle France: choir-piano • (1976) • Choral pieces collection
Chants pour la Venue du Printemps • (1957) • Choral pieces collection
Poemes Comiques: Mezzo-choir • (1979) • Choral pieces collection
Miniatures: Soprano-flute-cello-cembalo • (1963) • Recueil de mélodies : voix-instruments
Melodies pour Voix Sombre • (1956) • Recueil de mélodies : voix-orchestre
Chansons Simples • (1953) • Song collections
Melodies • (1946) • Song collections

Concertante music

Suite: harp-chamber orchestra • (1949) • Autres pièces concertantes pour harpe
Concerto 1: piano-orchestra • (1947) • Piano concertos
Concerto 2: piano-orchestra • (1956) • Piano concertos

Sheet music for Harry Somers

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Sonata No 4 — Harry Somers

piano solo — —
Composed by Harry Somers (1925-1999). Published by Leslie Music Publications (LE.DER1823).
Price: $10.00

North Country For String - Study Score — Harry Somers

Orchestra — study score —
Composed by Harry Somers (1925-1999). Study score. Published by Leslie Music Publications (LE.DER1455).
Price: $19.00

Sonata — H Somers

Guitar — — Classical, Contemporary, Sonata
Guitar Solo. Composed by H Somers. Fretted. Classical, Contemporary, Sonata. 8 pages. E.C. Kerby #ECK3723. Published by E.C. Kerby (HL.50480920).
Price: $10.00

Harry Wilkinson: Girard - The Definitive Recording, Vol. 2 — Harry Wilkinson

— — Classical
By Harry Wilkinson. By Harry C. Banks, Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933), Marcel Dupre (1886-1971), Leo Sowerby (1895-1968), Julius Reubke (1834-1858), and Paul de Maleingreau (1887-1956). Classical. Naxos #PO7144. Published by Naxos (NX.PO7144).
Price: $17.00

Harry Wilkinson: Girard - The Definitive Recording — Harry Wilkinson

— — Classical
By Harry Wilkinson. By Harry C. Banks, Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Louis Vierne (1870-1937), Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933), and Healey Willan (1880-1968). Classical. Naxos #PO7044. Published by Naxos (NX.PO7044).
Price: $17.00

Joseph Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 84 — Handel and Haydn Society; Harry Christophers; Aisslinn Nosky; Harry Christophers

— listening CD — Classical
By Handel and Haydn Society; Harry Christophers; Aisslinn Nosky; Harry Christophers. By Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Country of Origin: United Kingdom. Classical. Listening CD. Published by CORO (NX.COR16148).
Price: $18.00

Sara Hahn: I Close My Eyes Just to See — Laura Loewen

— — Classical
By Laura Loewen, Sara Hahn, and Sarah Gieck. By Arthur M. Bachman, Efrain Amaya, Gabriel Faure (1845-1924), Andre Jolivet (1905-1974), Kent Kennan (1913-), Harry Somers (1925-1999), and Henry Wolking. Classical, Chamber Music. Classical. Navona Records #NV6182. Published by Navona Records (NX.NV6182).
Price: $14.00

Harry at Hogwarts, Themes from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — Patrick Doyle

— Part(s); Score — Halloween; Movie
Featuring: Harry at Hogwarts / Hogwarts' Hymn / The Quidditch World Cup (The Irish). Composed by Patrick Doyle. Arranged by Bob Phillips. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles; String Orchestra. Pop Intermediate String Orchestra. Form: Medley. Halloween; Movie. Part(s); Score. 144 pages. Belwin Music #00-25017. Published by Belwin Music (AP.25017).
Price: $70.00

The Fruit of the Spirit — Harry A. Spurrier

Piano,Piano Solo — Score — 20th Century,Christian,Contemporary Christian,Spiritual,Sacred
Composed by Harry A. Spurrier. 20th Century, Christian, Contemporary Christian, Spiritual, Sacred. Score. 74 pages. Published by Harry A Spurrier (S0.103037).
Price: $18.00

3 Fantastic Dances, Op. 5 — Harry Glickman

Piano, Violin — — Classical, Contemporary, Dance, Russian
Violin and Piano. By Harry Glickman. By Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). Edited by Harry Glickman. String. Classical, Contemporary, Dance, Russian. 8 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M060024610. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.50484103).
Price: $18.00

Find scores for Harry Somers at Sheet Music Plus.
Music: 
  • 1 Symphony
  • Symphony for Woodwinds
  • Sketches for Orchestra
  • 2 Piano concertos
  • Little suite for string Orchestra on Canadian Folk songs
  • suite for harp & Chamber orchestra
  • Twelve Miniatures - for voice & ensemble
  • Gloria - Chorus & ensemble
  • Fantasia for Orchestra
  • Slow movements for strings
Biography: 

Harry Somers studied piano & theory under Dorothy Hornfelt, & composition with the Canadian composer John Weinzweig. he then got a scolarship that brought him to Darius Milhaud in Paris (1949–1950).

Somers was considered an eclectic composer with inspiration from Mahler, Ives & Bártok to electronic music. He developed a very original style upon all of these influences. He earned his living as a radio commentator or pianist in the CBC radio & television broadcasts. In 1960 he won an award for his piece "Movement for Orchestra". For a brief period he lived in Italy, 1969–1971. Then he returned to Canada were he lived till his death in 1999.

Links: 
http://www.harrysomers.com
Submitted by Jean-Paul Giraudet on 2009-01-12 09:50.
Last modified: 
2014-06-05 16:01

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