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.

Opera and stage works

 * 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
 * La dernière existence au camp de Tatenberg, incidental music for the play by Armand Gatti

Orchestra

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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