MACONCHY, Elizabeth
b Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, 19 March 1907
d 1994
Though born in England she is Irish. She studied at the Royal College of Music under Charles Wood and Vaughan Williams. She was awarded the Octavia Travelling Scholarship and went to Prague, where her first major work, the 1930 Concertino for piano and orchestra, was performed. She became the first woman chairman of the Composers' Guild in 1959, and was chairman of the SPNM from 1972 to 1975. She received the Cobbett Medal, and in 1977 was awarded the CBE.
1930 (23)
Concertino for piano and orchestra
The Land, for orchestra
1933 (26)
String Quartet No 1
1937 (30)
String Quartet No 2
1938 (31)
String Quartet No 3
1948 (41)
String Quartet No 5
1953 (46)
Proud Thames, overture
1956-7 (49-50)
The Sofa, one-act opera
1958 (51)
The Three Strangers, one-act opera
1960-1 (53 4)
The Departure, one-act opera
1963 (56)
Serenata Concertante for violin and orchestra
1963-4 (56-7)
Samson and the Gates of Gaza, cantata
1963-70 (57-63)
Three Settings of Poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins, for high voice and chamber orchestra
1965 (58)
Variazioni Concertante for orchestra
1965-6 (58-9)
Notebook for Harpsichord
1968-9 (61-2)
String Quartet No 9
1969 (62)
And Death Shall Have No Dominion, choral
1970 (63)
Ariadne, for soprano and orchestra
The Jesse Tree, opera
1971 (64)
String Quartet No 10
1974 (67)
Three Songs for tenor and harp
Siren's Song, for chorus
1974-5 (67-8)
King of the Golden River, opera
1975 (68)
Two Epitaphs, for female chorus
Epyllion, for solo cello and fifteen strings
1975-6 (68-9)
Sinfonietta for orchestra
1976 (69)
Three Pieces for harp
String Quartet No 11
Hopkins Motets
1977 (70)
Heloise and Abelard, choral
1978 (71)
Sun, Moon and Stars, for soprano and piano
Contemplation, for cello and piano
1979 (72)
Romanza, for viola and piano
1981 (74)
Piccola Musica, for violin, viola and cello
Trittico, for two oboes, bassoon and harpsichord
Little Symphony
1982 (75)
My Dark Heart, for soprano and ensemble
Wind Quintet
1983 (76)
Tribute, for violin and woodwinds
L'Horloge, for soprano, clarinet and piano
Music for strings
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