List of compositions by Jane Joseph


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 Many of her works, particularly those written for performance at amateur musical events, were unpublished; some have been lost, while in some cases manuscripts are held in private or institutional hands. The list is divided between published works, or works where there is a record of performance and other unpublished works.

Compositions

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

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.
GenreApprox. dateTitleForcesPublication informationNotesRefs
Choral and vocal1913Song: "The Carrion Crow"Unaccompanied female voices Stainer and Bell, London 1916
Choral and vocal1913Song: "There Were Three Ravens"Unaccompanied voices Not publishedApparently written at the same time as "The Carrion Crow"
Choral and vocal1916"Wassail Song"Female voices Stainer and Bell, London 1916
Choral and vocal1918HymnFemale voicesNot publishedLost - not identifiable. Performed at the Thaxted Whitsun music festival, 1918
Choral and vocal1920Song cycle: Mirage Female voice, string quartet accompanimentNot published. Manuscript held in Royal College of MusicPerformance history uncertain. Two songs
Choral and vocal1922Hymn for WhitsuntideUnaccompanied chorus for mixed voicesArnold's Choral Music, London 1924Probably first sung at the Blackheath Whitsun music festival, 1922. Broadcast by the Purcell Singers in 1968
Choral and vocalundatedThree old carols: "The Three Kings", "Adam lay i-bounden", "Of one that is so fair"Unaccompanied female voices Oxford University PressPerformance details uncertain
Choral and vocalundatedCarol: "Noel"Unison voices with piano accompanimentPublished 1925 by Edward Arnold & Co.Setting of Hilaire Belloc verses
Choral and vocalundatedMorley RoundsChoirOxford University PressPerformance details uncertain. Includes an Agnus Dei
Choral and vocalundatedCarol: "A Little Childe There Is Ibore"Female voices and orchestral accompanimentPublished by Bardic Edition Music PublishersOrchestral score lost. Broadcast by the BBC 21 December 1995
Choral and vocalundatedHymn Tune: EskdalePiano accompanimentIn Enlarged Songs of Praise, 1931A setting of Thomas Traherne's Sweet Infancy
Instrumental1922Short string quartet in A minorString quartetAccepted for publication by J. B. Cramer & Co. but not ultimately publishedPerformed by the Winifred Smith Quartet 17 December 1922
InstrumentalundatedCradle SongStrings and ad lib pianoPosthumously published by Bardic Edition Music Publishers
Orchestral1916Incidental Music Countess CathleenOrchestraNot publishedWritten for a Girton performance of W. B. Yeats's play
Orchestral1918Morris DanceOrchestraPublished posthumously by Bardic Edition Music PublishersOriginally Barbara Noel's Morris
Orchestral1919BergamaskOrchestraPublished posthumously by Bardic Edition Music PublishersFirst performed 13 or 14 November 1919 at the Royal College of Music
Orchestral1919Three pieces for small orchestraReduced orchestral forcesNot publishedPerformed at St Paul's Girls' School 8 February 1919. Probably used in Before the Dawn incidental music
Orchestral1921Incidental music Before the DawnNot knownNot publishedProbably performed around Christmas 1921 at St Paul's Girls' School
OrchestralundatedVillage Dance4 flutes, oboe, clarinet, horn, piano, harmonium, timpani and percussionPosthumously published by Bardic Edition Music PublishersWritten for performance at St Paul's Girls' School
Piano works1919BergamaskPianoNot publishedPiano version of orchestral work
Piano works1920Seven Short Pieces for pianoPianoStainer and Bell, London 1920
Piano works1924Playing Time duetsPianoArnold's, London 1924
Piano works1924Scrap BookPianoArnold's, London 1924
Piano works1925Five Programme PiecesPianoArnold's, London 1924
Piano works1925Suite of Five PiecesPianoOxford University Press

Table 2: Unpublished works, no performance details

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.
;Choral and vocal
  • Five songs with strings accompaniment: "Two Doves"; "Oh, Roses"; "Sleep, cast thy canopy"; "I'll give my love an apple" ; "The seeds of love"
  • Choruses with orchestra
;Instrumental
  • Miniature Quartet
  • Variations on an American Air
  • Duet
  • Allegretto
  • Two Short Trios
;Orchestral
  • Full orchestra
  • String orchestra
;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 ; 28 unison songs ; 5 choral pieces ; 5 rounds.