Betsy Jolas

Betsy Jolas (born 1926) is a French composer, university teacher and music educator.

Also recorded as Elizabeth Jolas.

Overview

Born at Paris in 1926.

In detail

Betsy Jolas studied at Conservatoire de Paris and Bennington College. training under Darius Milhaud, Olivier Messiaen and Simone Plé-Caussade is recorded. Gonzalo Macias is recorded as having studied under Betsy Jolas. the recorded working language is French and English.

The field of work recorded is opera, 21st-century classical music and chamber music.

Employment is recorded with Conservatoire de Paris, Yale University and Harvard University. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Letters and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Works named in the authority record are Tales of a Summer Sea and Quatuor II, for soprano and string trio (1964).

Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎, Rome Prize and Berlin Prize.

Sources

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