Elisabeth Lutyens

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Uhor

Agnes Elisabeth Lutyens, CBE (9 July 1906 – 14 April 1983) was an English composer.

She composed a number of works for various forces mainly in a personal realisation of the 12 tone technique with a result similar to Webern's. 

Sadly she is somewhat poorly recorded outside of her piano works.

Some examples:

Piano:
Plenum I, Op. 86: https://youtu.be/bBazPD67N6A
The Great Seas, Op. 132: https://youtu.be/2HPvFHxR2PI
La natura dell'Acqua, Op. 154: https://youtu.be/S2bvZAciZ1g

Non piano:
De Amore, or, Pleasaunce of Love op39 (1957): https://youtu.be/wO9myqoDzbw
String Trio (Op. 57), 1964: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4TbviD50Gc
The Tears of Night (1971): https://youtu.be/wuGMvP-y6S8

Biffo

I have a few pieces by Lutyens -

And Suddenly it's Evening (Instrumental ensemble)
Quincunx, after Sir Thomas Browne - orchestral songs
String Quartet No 6
Six bagatelles
O saisons, o chateaux - cantata

She also wrote a fair amount of film music - mainly for Hammer Films - to support herself, her children and her feckless husband