List of compositions by Jane Joseph

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This list of compositions by the English composer Jane Joseph (1894–1929) may be incomplete. Many of her works, particularly those written for performance at amateur musical events, were unpublished; some have been lost, while in some cases manuscripts are held in private or institutional hands. The list is divided between (1) published works, or works where there is a record of performance and (2) other unpublished works.

Compositions[edit]

Table 1: Works published and/or with evidence of performance[edit]

The following works have either been published or there is reasonable evidence of their performance. Details of composition dates and dates of publication are incomplete; information can be added or amended as necessary.

Genre Approx. date Title Forces Publication information Notes Refs
Choral and vocal 1913 Song: "The Carrion Crow" Unaccompanied female voices (SSA) Stainer and Bell, London 1916 [1][2]
Choral and vocal 1913 Song: "There Were Three Ravens" Unaccompanied voices (SATBarB) Not published Apparently written at the same time as "The Carrion Crow" [3]
Choral and vocal 1916 "Wassail Song" Female voices (SSA) Stainer and Bell, London 1916 [4]
Choral and vocal 1918 Hymn Female voices Not published Lost - not identifiable. Performed at the Thaxted Whitsun music festival, 1918 [5]
Choral and vocal 1920 Song cycle: Mirage (5 songs) Female voice, string quartet accompaniment Not published. Manuscript held in Royal College of Music Performance history uncertain. Two songs (with piano) may have been given at a Society of Women Musicians concert, 17 January 1920 [6]
Choral and vocal 1921 Seven two-part songs Sopranos and piano accompaniment Stainer and Bell, London 1921 Performed at a Society of Women Musicians concert in 1922 [7][2]
Choral and vocal 1921 A Festival Venite Chorus and orchestra Stainer and Bell, London 1922 Performed at the Queen's Hall, London, 13 June 1923. Modern performance by Glasgow University Chapel Choir directed by Katy Lavinia Cooper, 21 February 2018) [2][8] [9]
Choral and vocal 1922 Hymn for Whitsuntide Unaccompanied chorus for mixed voices Arnold's Choral Music, London 1924 Probably first sung at the Blackheath Whitsun music festival, 1922. Broadcast by the Purcell Singers in 1968 [2][8]
Choral and vocal undated Three old carols: "The Three Kings", "Adam lay i-bounden", "Of one that is so fair" Unaccompanied female voices (SSA) Oxford University Press Performance details uncertain [2][4]
Choral and vocal undated Carol: "Noel" Unison voices with piano accompaniment Published 1925 by Edward Arnold & Co. Setting of Hilaire Belloc verses [4]
Choral and vocal undated Morley Rounds Choir Oxford University Press Performance details uncertain. Includes an Agnus Dei [4]
Choral and vocal undated Carol: "A Little Childe There Is Ibore" Female voices (SSA) and orchestral accompaniment Published (with organ accompaniment) by Bardic Edition Music Publishers Orchestral score lost. Broadcast (with a strings accompaniment) by the BBC 21 December 1995 [2][10][11] [12]
Choral and vocal undated Hymn Tune: Eskdale Piano accompaniment In Enlarged Songs of Praise, 1931 A setting of Thomas Traherne's Sweet Infancy [4][13]
Instrumental 1922 Short string quartet in A minor String quartet Accepted for publication by J. B. Cramer & Co. but not ultimately published Performed by the Winifred Smith Quartet 17 December 1922 [4]
Instrumental undated Cradle Song Strings and ad lib piano Posthumously published by Bardic Edition Music Publishers [14][15]
Orchestral 1916 Incidental Music Countess Cathleen Orchestra Not published Written for a Girton performance of W. B. Yeats's play [16]
Orchestral 1918 Morris Dance Orchestra Published posthumously (1931) by Bardic Edition Music Publishers Originally Barbara Noel's Morris [2][17][18]
Orchestral 1919 Bergamask Orchestra Published posthumously (1931) by Bardic Edition Music Publishers First performed 13 or 14 November 1919 at the Royal College of Music [2][19][20]
Orchestral 1919 Three pieces for small orchestra Reduced orchestral forces Not published Performed at St Paul's Girls' School 8 February 1919. Probably used in Before the Dawn incidental music [19]
Orchestral 1921 Incidental music Before the Dawn Not known Not published Probably performed around Christmas 1921 at St Paul's Girls' School [8]
Orchestral undated Village Dance 4 flutes, oboe, clarinet, horn, piano, harmonium, timpani and percussion Posthumously published by Bardic Edition Music Publishers Written for performance at St Paul's Girls' School [14]
Piano works 1919 Bergamask Piano Not published Piano version of orchestral work [19]
Piano works 1920 Seven Short Pieces for piano Piano Stainer and Bell, London 1920 [21]
Piano works 1924 Playing Time duets Piano Arnold's, London 1924 [21]
Piano works 1924 Scrap Book Piano Arnold's, London 1924 [21]
Piano works 1925 Five Programme Pieces Piano Arnold's, London 1924 [21]
Piano works 1925 Suite of Five Pieces Piano Oxford University Press [21]

Table 2: Unpublished works, no performance details[edit]

This listing is based on Gustav Holst's tribute essay in The Monthly Musical Record, 1 April 1931, which included a list of Joseph's unpublished works.[2]

Choral and vocal
  • Five songs with strings accompaniment: "Two Doves"; "Oh, Roses"; "Sleep, cast thy canopy"; "I'll give my love an apple" (with oboe); "The seeds of love"
  • Choruses with orchestra
  • Christmas Cantata
  • A Wedding Antiphon
  • Kyrie
  • Christmas Song
  • "The Night"
  • "The Morning Watch"
Instrumental
  • Miniature Quartet (oboe, violin, viola and violoncello)
  • Variations on an American Air (horn and piano)
  • Duet (violin and cello)
  • Allegretto (two flutes, two oboes, one clarinet, one bassoon)
  • Two Short Trios (violin, cello and piano)
Orchestral
  • Full orchestra
  • Passepied
  • "I will give my love an apple"
  • Andante
  • Symphonic Dance
  • Ballet music: "The Enamoured Shepherd"
  • String orchestra
  • Sonatina for School Bands
  • Rabbit Dance
  • Country Dance
Incidental Music to Plays.
  • Amy Clarke's Play
  • Famine Song
  • Awake the Shade
  • Spirit Music
  • The Moon's Eclipse
  • Procession and Ballet

Also: Nine piano pieces; 4 unaccompanied songs; 29 songs with piano; 2 two-part songs with piano; 26 choral pieces, unaccompanied; 10 orchestral arrangements (including folk-dances); 28 unison songs (arranged with orchestra); 5 choral pieces (arrangements, unaccompanied); 5 rounds.

References[edit]

Notes
  1. ^ Gibbs, p. 26, p. 28 and p. 56
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Holst, Gustav (April 1931). "Jane Joseph: A brief discussion of her published music". The Monthly Musical Record: 97–98.
  3. ^ Gibbs, p. 26 and p. 56
  4. ^ a b c d e f Gibbs, p. 56
  5. ^ Gibbs, p. 35
  6. ^ Gibbs, p. 40 and pp. 53–54
  7. ^ Gibbs, p. 41 and p. 56
  8. ^ a b c Gibbs, pp. 43–44
  9. ^ Glasgow University Chapel Choir directed by Katy Lavinia Cooper, performance 21 Feb 2018
  10. ^ Gibbs, p. 55
  11. ^ "A Little Childe There Is Ibore". Sheetmusicplus. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  12. ^ Recording on This Day, Naxos 2018, Blossom St Choir
  13. ^ "651: Sweet Infancy". Hymnary.org. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  14. ^ a b Gibbs, p. 58
  15. ^ "Cradle Song: Composer Jane Joseph". Schott. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  16. ^ Gibbs, p. 28
  17. ^ Gibbs, p. 33 and p. 35
  18. ^ "Morris Dance: composer Jane Joseph". Schott. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  19. ^ a b c Gibbs, pp. 38–39
  20. ^ "Bergamask: composer Jane Joseph". Schott. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  21. ^ a b c d e Gibbs, p. 59
Book
  • Gibbs, Alan (2000). "Chapter II: Jane Joseph". Holst Among Friends. London: Thames Publishing. ISBN 9780905210599.
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