List of compositions by Betsy Jolas

This is a list of compositions by the Franco-American composer Betsy Jolas (born 1926). Her music is published by Éditions Alphonse Leduc, Éditions Billaudot and Éditions Salabert, amongst others.[1][2][3]

Betsy Jolas in 2006

Opera and stage works

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  • Le Pavillon au Bord de la Rivière (1975), chamber opera in 4 acts
  • Schliemann (1982–83), opera in 3 acts
  • Le Cyclope (1986), chamber opera in 1 act
  • Ajax (1960), incidental music for the play by Sophocles
  • Les troyennes (1961), incidental music for the play by Euripides
  • La dernière existence au camp de Tatenberg, incidental music for the play by Armand Gatti

Orchestra

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  • D'un opéra de voyage (1967) for chamber orchestra
  • Quatre Plages (1967) for string orchestra
  • Well Met (1973) for string orchestra
  • Tales of a summer sea (1977) for orchestra
  • Cinq pièces pour Boulogne (1982) (2 versions)
  • Just a Minute! (1986)
  • Well Met 04 – Pantomime for 12 strings (2004)
  • B Day (2006) for symphony orchestra
  • A Little Summer Suite (2015)
  • Well Met Suite (2016)

Solo works with orchestra or ensemble

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  • Points D'Aube (1968) for viola and ensemble
  • Musique d'hiver (1971) for organ and small orchestra
  • États (1967) for violin and 6 percussionists
  • Trois Rencontres (1973) for solo string trio and symphony orchestra
  • How-Now (1973) for 8 instruments
  • Onze Lieder (1977) for trumpet and chamber orchestra
  • Stances (1978) for piano and orchestra
  • Points d'or (1982) for saxophonist (playing soprano, alto, tenor, baritone) and 15 instruments
  • Frauenleben (1992) for viola and orchestra
  • Lumor, 7 Lieder spirituels for a saxophonist (playing soprano and tenor) and orchestra (1996)
  • Petite symphonie concertante (1997) for conducting violin and orchestra
  • Wanderlied (2003) for cello and 15 instruments
  • Histoires Vraies (2015) for trumpet and orchestra
  • Side Roads (2017) for cello and strings

Works for large ensemble

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  • Figures (1965) for 9 instruments
  • J.D.E. (1966) for 14 musicians
  • D'un opéra de poupée en sept musiques (1982) for 11 instruments
  • Préludes, Fanfares, Interludes, Sonneries (1983) for wind band
  • Sonate à 8 (1998) for cello octet

Chamber music

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  • Sonate à Trois (1956) for recorder, viola da gamba and harpsichord
  • Quartet No. 1 (1956)
  • Quartet No. 3, 9 études for string quartet (1973)
  • O Wall (1976) for wind quintet
  • Trio (1988) for piano trio
  • Quartet No. 4 – Menus Propos (1989) for string quartet
  • Trio "Les Heures" (1991) for string trio
  • Musique pour Xavier (1993) for clarinet, tenor saxophone and violin
  • Quartet No. 5 (1994) for string quartet
  • Music for here (1994) for solo bassoon with accompaniment of viola and cello
  • Quartet No. 6 (1997) for clarinet and string trio
  • Petite sonnerie de juin (1997) for horn, trumpet and trombone
  • Trio sopra et sola facta (1999–2000) for violin, clarinet and piano
  • Titivillus (2000) for mezzo-soprano, flute and piano or 2 flutes and piano
  • Ah! Haydn (2007) for piano trio
  • Quatuor VII (Afterthoughts) (2018) for trumpet, violin, viola and cello

Duos

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  • Trifolium (1947) for flute and piano
  • Remember (1971) for cor anglais (or viola) and cello
  • Four Duos (1978) for viola and piano
  • Trois études campanaires (1980) for carillon and keyboard
  • Quatre pièces en marge (1983) for cello and piano
  • Three Duos (1983) for tuba and piano
  • Music for Joan (1988) for vibraphone and piano
  • Petites musiques de chevet (1989) for clarinet and piano
  • E.A petite suite variée (1991) for trumpet in C and vibraphone
  • Études aperçues (1992) for vibraphone and 5 cow bells
  • Musique pour Delphine (1992) for violin and cello
  • Quoth the raven, 3 pieces for clarinet and piano (1993)
  • Frauenleben (1994) for viola and piano
  • Music to go (1995) for viola and cello
  • Come follow (2001) for bassoon and viola
  • Lovemusic (2005) for flute and bass clarinet
  • Suite: Puer apud magistros exercentur (2007) for 2 alto saxophones
  • Allô! for 2 saxophones
  • Oh là! for 2 saxophones
  • Scat for 2 saxophones
  • Ardente for viola and piano
  • Femme le soir (2018) for cello and piano

Solo works

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  • Episode No. 1 (1964) for flute
  • Fusain (1971) for bass flute and piccolo
  • Chanson d'approche (1972) for piano
  • Autour (1972) for harpsichord
  • B for Sonata (1973) for piano
  • Scion (1973) for cello
  • Tranche (1976) for harp
  • Musique de jour (1976) for organ
  • Episode No. 2 "ohne Worte" (1977) for flute
  • Auprès (1980) for harpsichord
  • Pièce pour Saint Germain (1981) for piano
  • Calling E.C. (1982) for piano or two pianos
  • Episode No. 3 (1982) for trumpet in C
  • Episode No. 4 (1983) for tenor saxophone
  • Petite suite sérieuse pour concert de famille (1983) for piano
  • Episode No. 5 (1983) for cello
  • Episode No. 6 (1984) for viola
  • Episode No. 7 "night away" (1984) for electric guitar
  • Episode No. 8 (1984) for double bass
  • Tango Si (1984) for piano
  • Une journee de Gadad, children's suite for piano (1984)
  • Signets, hommage à Maurice Ravel (1987) for piano
  • Episode No. 9 "Forte magnum colaraturum" (1990) for clarinet
  • Pièce pour piano (1997)
  • Petite Fantaisie for Leo (2001) for flute
  • Pièces jay (2001) for piano
  • O Bach! (2007) for piano
  • Leçons du petit jour (2007) for organ
  • 3 x Toi (2018) for piano – dedicated to Nicolas Hodges

Chorus

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  • Mass (1945) for choir, soloists and orchestra
  • Motet I – To everything, there is a season (1947) for 7 women's voices
  • Madrigal (1948) for choir
  • Arbres (1950) for mixed choir a cappella
  • Et le reste à l'avenant (1950) for mixed choir a cappella
  • Everyone sings (1955) for double women's choir féminin et brass
  • Enfantillages (1956) for women's or children's choir in 3 equal voices
  • L'oeil égaré dans les plis de l'obéissance au vent, cantate radiophonique (1961) for soprano, contralto, baritone, mixed choir and orchestra
  • Dans la chaleur vacante, cantate radiophonique (1963) for choir and orchestra
  • Mots (1963) for vocal quintet and ensemble
  • Motet II (1965) for chorus and ensemble
  • Diurnes (1970) for mixed chorus of 12 to 72 voices
  • Sonata for 12 mixed voices a cappella (1970)
  • Perriault le déluné, comédie-madrigal for mixed choir of 3 times 4 voices a cappella (1993)
  • Für Celia affettuoso (1998) for choir in 6 voices
  • Motet III "Hunc igitur terrorem" (1999) for 5 solo voices, choir and Baroque orchestra
  • Enfantillages (2000) new version with flute and women's or children's choir
  • Autres enfantillages (2000) for children's or women's choir with clarinet ad libitum
  • Chant dormant (2001) for choir
  • Concerto-Fantaisie "O night, oh" (2001) – for mixed choir of 32 voices and concertante piano
  • Motet IV "Ventosum Vocant" (2002) for soprano and quintet
  • Femme en son jardin (2010) for vocal quartet, viola, cello and piano
  • Orça for choir a cappella
  • Savez-Vous Qui Est Mon Ami for chorus of three mixed voices

Vocal

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  • Plupart du temps I, 6 melodies for mezzo-soprano and piano (1949)
  • Chansons pour Paule (1951) for mezzo-soprano and piano
  • Cinq poèmes de Jacques Dupin (1959) for soprano et piano or orchestra
  • Mots (1963) for soprano and ensemble
  • Quartet No. 2 (1964) for soprano and string trio
  • Mon Ami (1974) for voice and piano
  • Caprice for one voice (1975) for any male or female voice and piano, without pianist
  • Caprice for two voices (1978) for mezzo-soprano and counter-tenor or contralto
  • Liring Ballade (1980) for baritone and orchestra
  • Plupart du temps II (1989) for tenor, tenor saxophone and cello
  • Sigrancia-Ballade (1995) for baritone and orchestra
  • Lovaby, concert aria from the opera Schliemann (2000) for soprano and orchestra
  • Titivillus (2000) for mezzo-soprano, flute and piano or 2 flutes and piano
  • Motet IV "Ventosum Vocant" (2002) for soprano, flute, clarinet, harp, violin and cello.
  • L' Ascension du Mont Ventoux (2004) for soprano, narrator, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and harp
  • D'un journal d'amour for soprano and viola (2009)
  • Sur do: Hommage à Purcell pour quatuor vocal, alto et violoncelle (2010)
  • Rambles for narrator/speaker, flute, clarinet, harp, violin and cello
  • L'oeil égaré for baritone and piano
  • Fredons for soprano and ensemble

Reworkings of early music

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  • Heinrich Schütz / 8 Psaumes de Becker / No. 11 for string quartet, double bass, wind quintet, harp and piano or orchestra
  • Heinrich Schütz / 8 Psaumes de Becker / No. 20 for wind quintet, string trio, viola, harp or orchestra
  • Heinrich Schütz / 8 Psaumes de Becker / No. 47 for flute, clarinet, 2 violins, 2 violas and cello
  • Heinrich Schütz / 8 Psaumes de Becker / No. 68 for flute, clarinet, 2 violins, 2 violas and cello
  • Heinrich Schütz / 8 Psaumes de Becker / No. 84 for flute, bassoon, piano and string quartet
  • Heinrich Schütz / 8 Psaumes de Becker / No. 92 for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and string quartet or orchestra
  • Heinrich Schütz / 8 Psaumes de Becker / No. 97 for wind quintet, string trio
  • Heinrich Schütz / 8 Psaumes de Becker / No. 121 for flute, piano and string quartet or orchestra
  • Lassus Ricercare (1970) for brass, percussion, harp and pianos
  • Orlandus Lassus / 3 Psaumes de Ulenberg
  • Pierluigi Palestrina / Assumpta est Maria motet, for flute, clarinet, harp and string trio
  • Guillaume Dufay / Flos Florum motet for wind quintet
  • Johannes Brasart / O Flos Fragrans motet for wind quintet
  • Josquin des Prés / Suite brève
  • Jean Sébastien Bach / 14 Goldberg canons for flute, oboe, clarinet, string trio and double bass
  • Jean Sébastien Bach – Contrapunctus IV (The Art of Fugue) (2001) for chamber orchestra and vocal quartet

References

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  1. ^ "Betsy Jolas (biography, works, resources)" (in French and English). IRCAM.
  2. ^ "Music Sales"
  3. ^ "Ricordi[permanent dead link]"