Women Composers - Elisabeth Lutyens

Elisabeth Lutyens

UK | 1906 – 1983

Elizabeth Lutyens is remembered as a pioneer amongst women composers, and an early advocate of the twelve-note system in Britain at a time when it was derided and misunderstood. Though most comfortable in the smaller forms, she created a large output of works for the concert hall in addition to her commercial writing for the cinema. Formal clarity and precision were valued above romantic expression, but her finest music balances classical poise and direction with a turbulent current of genuine emotion.

Elisabeth Lutyens

by Jane Bown

Chorale for Orchestra

(1956) 4’

Music for Orchestra II

(1962) · 11’

Music for Wind

for 10 wind instruments (1964) · 11’

Music for Piano and Orchestra

(1964) · 10’

And Suddenly it’s Evening

for tenor and ensemble (1966) · 25’ Words by Salvatore Quasimodo (Eng.)