and string orchestra (1955–56) Suite for oboe and string orchestra (1955–56) Serenata concertante for violin and orchestra (1962) Variazioni concertante, for oboe, clarinet, basson, horn and string orchestra (1964–65) Epyllion, for solo cello and 15 strings (1973–75) Romanza for viola, woodwind quintet and string quintet (1979) Tribute, for violin and woodwind octet (1982) Concertino (No. 2) for clarinet and small orchestra (1984) Stage Great Agrippa, ballet (1933) Puck Fair, ballet, libretto: F. R. Higgins, (1939–40) The Sofa, comic opera, libretto: Ursula Vaughan Williams, (1956–57) The Three Strangers, opera, libretto: Elizabeth Maconchy after Thomas Hardy, (1957–58, rev. 1967, −69, −77) The Departure, opera, libretto: Anne Ridler, (1960–61, rev. 1977) The Birds, extravaganza, Elizabeth Maconchy after Aristophanes, (1967–68) Johnny and the Mohawks, children's opera (1969) The Jesse Tree, masque, libretto: Anne Ridler, (1969–70) The King of the Golden River, children's opera, libretto: Elizabeth Maconchy after John Ruskin (1975) Songs Impetuous Heart, Be Still, text Yeats (1924) The Cloths of Heaven, text W. B. Yeats (1929) The Woodspurge (1930), text Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1930) The Thrush, text John Keats (1934) The Garland: Variations on a Theme, cycle of seven songs, text after Anacreon (1937) Faustus, dramatic scena for tenor and piano, text Christopher Marlowe (1971) Honours In 1933, Maconchy's quintet for oboe and strings won The Daily Telegraph Chamber Music Competition, and was recorded by Helen Gaskel with the Griller Quartet soon afterwards on HMV Records. In 1948, she was awarded the Edwin Evans Prize for her String Quartet No. 5. In 1953, her "Proud Thames" overture won the London County Council Competition as Coronation Overture for the new Queen of the United Kingdom. In 1959, Maconchy was invited to chair the Composers' Guild of Great Britain, the first woman to do so. In 1960, she was awarded the Cobbett Medal for chamber music. She was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1977, and elevated to Dame Commander (DBE) in 1987. References Further reading Unpublished thesis. 1907 births 1994 deaths 20th-century classical composers 20th-century English musicians 20th-century English women musicians 20th-century women composers Alumni of the Royal College of Music British women classical composers Composers awarded knighthoods Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire English classical composers Musicians from Hertfordshire People from Broxbourne Pupils of Ralph Vaughan Williams String quartet composers