Dame Elizabeth Maconchy

She heard her first symphony orchestra when she was 18.  She later studied
at London's Royal College of Music and her orchestral work "The Land" was
performed.  Shortlisted for a highly-prized composition scholarship at the
college, the Principal refused to give it to her on the grounds that "you
will only get married and never write another note".

She did marry.  She continued to compose.  She also produced a daughter,
Nicola Le Fanu, who is a composer -- and who received the scholarship that
had been denied to her mother.

Maconchy's Nocturne and LeFanu's Preludio 2 are on an ATMA CD called Women
Write Music:  Orchestral Music by 20th century women composers.  They also
have works on the Lontano CD that Tim Mahon mentioned.

Susan