Introduction
1 An Unexpected Talent, 1907-23
2 The Royal College of Music, 1923-9
3 Prague, Paris, Vienna, and London, 1929-31
4 An Expansion of Style, 1932-5
5 A Growing Reputation, 1936-9
6 Darker Days Ahead, 1939-45
7 Balancing Motherhood and a Career, 1946-50
8 Glimmers of Hope, 1951-5
9 A Musical Block and an Operatic Solution, 1956-9
10 Administrative Diversions, 1959-66
11 Of Ageing and Critics, 1967-73
12 Recognition at Last, 1973-7
13 Sunset before Twilight, 1978-94
Epilogue
Chronological List of Works
Select Bibliography
Index

The first full-length biographical study of Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994).

ERICA SIEGEL, PhD, is a music historian based in Northern California.