Benjamin Godard

Benjamin Godard

Benjamin Louis Paul Godard (18 August 1849 – 10 January 1895) was a French violinist and Romantic-era composer of Jewish extraction, best known for his opera Jocelyn. Godard composed eight operas, five symphonies, two piano and two violin concertos, string quartets, sonatas for violin and piano, piano pieces and etudes, and more than a hundred songs. He died at the age of 45 in Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes) of tuberculosis and was buried in the family tomb in Taverny in the French department of Val-d'Oise.

Birth and Death Data: Born August 18, 1849 (Paris), Died January 10, 1895 (Cannes)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1901 - 1945

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, arranger

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Recordings (Results 101-122 of 122 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Edison	1429	Not documented	July 1913	Angels guard thee	Patrick Hughes	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	2158	10-in.	2/28/1913	Second valse brillante	Edison Concert Band	Band	composer
Edison	2645	10-in.	12/19/1913	Lullaby	Elizabeth Spencer	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	2763	10-in.	Dec. 1913	Berceuse	Marie Delna	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	2970	10-in.	Mar. 1914	Berceuse	Daniel Melsa	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Edison	3740	10-in.	4/30/1915	Berceuse	Robert Gayler ; Herman Sandby	Cello solo, with piano	composer
Edison	4092	10-in.	9/4/1915	Second mazurka	André Benoist	Piano solo	composer
Edison	4540	10-in.	2/29/1916	Lullaby	Ernst Albert Couturier	Cornet solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	4573	10-in.	3/10/1916	Florian's song	Paula L. Ayers	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	4889	10-in.	7/19/1916	Chanson de Florian	Alice Verlet	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	5052	10-in.	10/9/1916	Canzonetta	André Benoist ; Albert Spalding	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Edison	5691	10-in.	7/18/1917	Berceuse	Odette Le Fontenay	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	6037	10-in.	Feb. 1918	Florian's song	Marie Tiffany	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	7917	10-in.	4/14/1921	Lullaby	Louis Katzman	Cornet solo	composer
Edison	10072	10-in.	2/20/1925	Last smile	Bellini Ensemble Unique	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Edison	18807	10-in.	10/15/1928	Jocelyn	Edison Concert Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Edison	N-504	12-in.	10/15/1928	Jocelyn	Edison Concert Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Gramophone	BFR505	10-in.	4/7/1927	Berceuse	M. Capoulade	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Gramophone	2849L	10-in.	1905	Lullaby	M. A. Michailova	Soprano vocal solo, with violin obbligato and piano	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	WL986	10-in.	3/23/1928	Berceuse de Jocelyn	Adolphe Frezin ; Fernand Goeyens	Cello solo, with piano	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	CL5976	10-in.	12/2/1936	Berceuse	Marcel Carivan ; Tino Rossi	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	WLB160	10-in.	November 1930	Berceuse de Jocelyn	Andre d'Arkor ; Maurice Bastin	Tenor vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer

(Results 101-122 of 122 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Godard, Benjamin," accessed November 20, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103047.

Godard, Benjamin. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 20, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103047.

"Godard, Benjamin." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 20 November 2024.