(Agnes) Elisabeth Lutyens, CBE (July 9, 1906–April 14, 1983) was an English composer, one of the five children of architect Sir Edwin Lutyens. Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are... July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, OM, KCIE (29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was arguably the greatest British architect of the 20th century[citation needed]. He designed many English country houses and was instrumental in the design and building of New Delhi. ...

She worked in isolation and neglect, creating a personal style of serialism and eventually gaining some recognition for her ability to set text. Lutyens' work was exposed to the public at large through her scores for horror films including The Skull (1965) and Theatre of Death (1966). In 1960 Elisabeth Lutyens revived the use of a Wagner tuba quartet in her Quincunx. Serialism is a technique for composing music that uses sets to describe musical elements, and allows the composer manipulations of those sets to create music. ... DVD cover showing horror characters as depicted by Universal Studios. ... Skull Tomb, photo taken by Kurt Wivagg This society has been an important part of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute campus since 1911, one of the oldest traditions on the campus of WPI. Skull began in 1911 when a group of students felt that outstanding juniors who excelled in scholastics, athletics... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... A Wagner tuba. ...

She created a great deal of dramatic as well as abstract works. She married conductor Edward Clark. In 1969 she was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Her autobiography, A Goldfish Bowl, was published in 1972.

Lutyens was one of the models for Henry Reed's satirical depiction of Dame Hilda Tablet in a series of 1950s radio plays. Henry Reed (February 22, 1914 - December 8, 1986) was a British poet, translator, radio dramatist and journalist. ... Hilda Tablet is a fictitious twelve-tone composeress created by Henry Reed in an article in The Times on August 15, 1960. ...

External links

• Elisabeth Lutyens Dr David C.F. Wright PhD.
• BBC 4 Audio Interviews: Elisabeth Lutyens
• University of York Music Press: Elisabeth Lutyens
• Wagner Tuba in Quincunx
• Elisabeth Lutyens at the Internet Movie Database