Sorry I don't have the Leo Sowerby biography at hand to remind me of 
the exact names and dates and precise wording, but I've always 
enjoyed this anecdote:

When Sowerby was a very young man in Chicago, the famous conductor of 
the Chicago Symphony at the time was a friend and supporter of 
Sowerby's, often premiering new works ...not always to the best of 
reviews. One newspaper critic commented, "We've often heard the three 
B's, and last night we heard our own Sower B."

P

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