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| '''Dame Elizabeth Violet Maconchy Le Fanu''' ] (19 March 1907, ], ] – 11 November 1994) was an ] ] |
'''Dame Elizabeth Violet Maconchy Le Fanu''' ] (19 March 1907, ], ] – 11 November 1994){{fact}} was an ] ].<ref name=DBE /> Maconchy was made a ] in 1987.<ref name=DBE>{{cite news|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/50948/supplements/6 |newspaper=Supplement to the ] |date=13 June 1987 | number=50848 |title=Announcement of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division): DBE | visited=2011-04-23}}</ref> | ||
| ⚫ | In 1933 her quintet for oboe and strings won a prize in the London '']'' Chamber Music Competition, and was recorded by Helen Gaskel with the ] soon afterwards on HMV Records.<ref>{{cite book| author=Darrell, R.D. | title= The Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia of Recorded Music | location=New York |year=1936 | page=278 | }}</ref> | ||
| She wrote three one-act operas: | |||
| ==Biography== | |||
| ⚫ | * ''The Sofa'' (1957) | ||
| Maconchy began to compose at the age of six. After the ], her family moved to ]. Here she took piano lessons, but was advised by her teacher to study at the ] in ], where she began studying at the age of sixteen. Her teachers included Arthur Alexander (piano) and ] and ] (musical composition). Her music attracted the attention of the most distinguished musicians of the day, including Sir ], Sir ] and ]. {{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} | |||
| Here she became interested in the contemporary music of Central Europe, particularly ], ] and ]. On the recommendation of Vaughan Williams, Maconchy undertook further study in ], where her ] was premiered in 1930 on her 23rd birthday, by ], the same year in which ] premiered her orchestral piece ''The Land'', and in which she married William Le Fanu (1904–1995). | |||
| In 1930 Maconchy married ]; they had two daughters, ] and her sister. | |||
| In 1932 Maconchy developed ]. She moved to the country lived entirely outdoors and allegedly cured herself by will-power.<ref>this and several other bio-details come from the ] Programme Notes 1 March 2007 by her daughter ]{{Verify credibility|date=February 2012}}</ref> | |||
| She received a ] in 1977. The last of her celebrated string quartets, the thirteenth (subtitled ''Quartetto Corto'') was written in 1984. Maconchy was made a ] in 1987. Known to her friends as Betty LeFanu she lived for many years in ], ]. She was Chair of the Composers Guild and of ] (succeeding ] as President).<ref>Programme notes, op cit</ref> | |||
| ==Family== | |||
| The composer ] -- the second of Maconchy's two daughters with husband William LeFanu - dedicated her String Quartet No 2 (1996) to the memory of her parents.<ref>Programme notes ''op. cit.''</ref> | |||
| ==Works== | |||
| In 1930 her ] and her orchestral piece ''The Land'' were premiered. | |||
| In 1933 she wrote her first string quartet, perhaps the medium for which she was best known, and she composed 13 of these in all, spanning over 50 years. | |||
| ⚫ | In 1933 her quintet for oboe and strings won a prize in the London '']'' Chamber Music Competition, and was recorded by Helen Gaskel with the ] soon afterwards on HMV Records.<ref>R.D. |
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| After the difficulties of the war years, Maconchy began to receive a large number of commissions, and composed much music for orchestra, chamber groups and voices. She wrote three one-act operas: | |||
| ⚫ | * ''The Sofa'' (1957) |
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| * ''The Departure'' (1961) | * ''The Departure'' (1961) | ||
| * ''The Three Strangers'' (1967). | * ''The Three Strangers'' (1967). | ||
| Her other choral and vocal works include: | |||
| * the cantata ''Heloise and Abelard'' | |||
| * settings of ], | |||
| * settings of the ]/] sonnets of ''My Dark Heart'' "one of the most haunting late works". | |||
| * ''Sea, Moon and Stars'' (1977) for Soprano and Piano, commissioned by ] and ] with words taken from the poems and meditations of ] | |||
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Dame Elizabeth Violet Maconchy Le Fanu DBE (19 March 1907, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire – 11 November 1994) was an English composer. Maconchy was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1987.
In 1933 her quintet for oboe and strings won a prize in the London Daily Telegraph Chamber Music Competition, and was recorded by Helen Gaskel with the Griller Quartet soon afterwards on HMV Records.
She wrote three one-act operas:
- The Sofa (1957)
- The Departure (1961)
- The Three Strangers (1967).
References
- ^ "Announcement of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division): DBE". Supplement to the London Gazette. No. 50848. 13 June 1987.
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