Analysis and performance guide for two clarinet works by composer Betsy Jolas
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2025-04-28
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Betsy Jolas is a prolific and renowned composer born in 1926. Her oeuvre is extensive, with more than six decades of career. Despite the long career, Jolas’s works have not had significant recognition from the academic world, and her clarinet repertoire constantly gets underperformed and understudied.
The present document presents a theoretical analysis of two of Jolas’s compositions: Episode Neuvième “Fortem Magnum Coloratum” and Petites Musiques de Chevet for Bass Clarinet and Piano. The analytical techniques address form, structure, harmonic relationships, melodic treatment, and study of thematic material present in the pieces. It also presents a performance guide for both pieces, offering a performance path that feeds from the theoretical analysis, suggesting fingerings and phrasings. One of the main goals of this document is to establish a direct connection between the analytical side and the performance side of music, especially for contemporary works.
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