English composer Agnes Elisabeth Lutyens (1906-1983), daughter of noted architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, often seemed a walking contradiction. She was a strong, intelligent woman who could embrace socialism and still be a social snob. Among her works, Ô saisons, ô châteaux for soprano and strings was her earliest success is among the best remembered. She was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1969.
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