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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

1. ^ "Announcement of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division): DBE". Supplement to the London Gazette. No. 50848. 13 June 1987. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |visited= ignored (help)
2. Darrell, R.D. (1936). The Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia of Recorded Music. New York. p. 278. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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