Harry Somers

English-Canadian composer

Harry Stewart Somers, CC (September 11, 1925 – March 9, 1999) was a contemporary Canadian composer.

Somers earned the unofficial title of "Darling of Canadian Composition." He was a founding member of the Canadian League of Composers (CLC) and involved in the formation of other Canadian music organizations, including the Canada Council for the Arts and the Canadian Music Centre. He received commissions from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Canada Council for the Arts.

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Works

A Midwinter Night's Dream
Case of the Wayward Woodwinds
Five Songs of the Newfoundland Outports
Five Songs of the Newfoundland Outports: No. 1. Si j'avais le bateau
Five Songs of the Newfoundland Outports: No. 2. The Banks of Newfoundland
Five Songs of the Newfoundland Outports: No. 3. The Old "Mayflower"
Five Songs of the Newfoundland Outports: No. 4. She's Like the Swallow
Five Songs of the Newfoundland Outports: No. 5. Feller from Fortune
God the Master of This Scene
Lyric for Orchestra
Music for Solo Violin
Of Memory and Desire
Picasso Suite
Picasso Suite: I. Paris circa 1900
Picasso Suite: II. Blue Period
Picasso Suite: III. Circus
Picasso Suite: IV. Cubism
Picasso Suite: IX. Codetta
Picasso Suite: V. Neo-Classic
Picasso Suite: VI. Etching - The Vollard Suite
Picasso Suite: VII. Mural - Temple of Peace
Picasso Suite: VIII. Arcadia - Faun with Flute - Innocence
Serinette
The Third Piano Concerto