Elisabeth Lutyens

Elisabeth Lutyens (1939)

Elisabeth Agnes Lutyens , CBE (born July 9, 1906 in London , † April 14, 1983 there ) was an English composer .

Lutyens was the daughter of the architect Edwin Lutyens . She studied at the École normal de Musique in Paris and at the Royal College of Music in London, earned a living composing for radio and film, and was one of the first in Great Britain to use the twelve-tone technique for her compositions in the late 1930s .

In 1979 she was elected an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters .

Filmography (selection)

Carsten Bock: “ Oh-did Schoenberg use the twelve-tone method too? ". In: Rebecca Grothahn, Freia Hoffmann (ed.): Gender polarities in the history of music from the 18th to the 20th century. Cenraurus Verlag, Herbolzheim 2002 (Contributions to the cultural and social history of music, edited by Eva Rieger, Vol. 3), ISBN 3-8255-0330-5 , pp. 243-253.

Annika Forkert: Article Elisabeth Lutyens , in: MUGI. Music education and gender research: Lexicon and multimedia presentations, ed. by Beatrix Borchard and Nina Noeske, University of Music and Theater Hamburg, 2003
Elisabeth Lutyens. In: FemBio. Women's biography research (with references and citations).
Elisabeth Lutyens in the Internet Movie Database (English)

↑ Anthony Payne, Toni Calam: Lutyens, (Agnes) Elizabeth. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
^ Honorary Members: Elisabeth Lutyens. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed March 14, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Lutyens, Elisabeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lutyens, Elisabeth Agnes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British composer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 9, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH	London , England
DATE OF DEATH	April 14, 1983
Place of death	London , England