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Lutyens, Agnes Elisabeth
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Biography noting serialism and operatic, vocal, orchestral, film, and chamber works from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa.../learning/grove.html?record=5569
Brief biography from Composers.net noting highlights of her musical development.
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Elisabeth Lutyens Her father was an architect, one Sir Edward Lutyens, and she received the benefit of a cultured, fine learning environment for her early and educational years. She went to Paris from 1922 to 1923, studying at the École Normale de...Detailed biography showing much of her unhappy personal life and later problems with alcohol as well as detailing her abilities and triumphs by David C. F. Wright for MusicWeb UK.
http://www.musicweb.uk.net/lutyens/
List of holdings in the English National Portrait Gallery for which she sat, including two online copies of photographs.
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(Agnes) Elisabeth Lutyens (Clark 1906-1983 Composer and musician; daughter of Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens Composer of chamber and orchestral music and works for the stage; although her music was often considered difficult she recieved numerous commissions for radio features and composed 100 film scores. Among her best known wokr is O Saisons, O Chteaux...Extracts from a BBC interview in RAM audio with biography, photograph, and selected key works.
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BBC BBC Four Audio Interviews Elisabeth Lutyens Palmer about her artistic family background, entering the world of music2 min 54 being a lone female composer, her discovery of the 12 tone technique and Serialism before coming across Schoenberg or Weben3 min 42 coming late in life to...Filmography showing a number of horror films from the Internet Movie Database.
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Elisabeth Lutyens The first woman to compose music for a British feature film, Penny and the Pownall Case (1948 show more) Sometimes Credited As: Elizabeth Lutyens IMDbPro Professional Details Composer filmography (1970s 1960s 1950s 1940s) Mijn Nachten met Susan, Olga, Albert, Julie,...Listing at The Lied and Art Song Texts Page with listing of selected vocal works including lyrics to "Ô saisons, ô châteaux."
http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_settings.html?ComposerId=4912