biography
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Jolas, Betsy
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originally Elizabeth Illouz
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pronunciation:
[zhohla]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1926– )
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| biography:
| Composer, born in Paris, France. She came from an intellectual background (her father translated Joyce), studied in the USA, returned to France before the War, attended the Paris Conservatoire with Milhaud and Messiaen whom she replaced (1971–4), and became a teacher of analysis (1975). Attracted by vocal music, she composed for the voice, and her operas included Schliemann (1991). She also wrote serial instrumental compositions, and numerous pieces for the piano, flute, strings, electric guitar, and harpsichord. |
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