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 1-25 of 122 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1402	10-in.	5/21/1902	Berceuse	Monsieur Fernand	Baritone vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1402	7-in.	5/21/1902	Berceuse	Monsieur Fernand	Baritone vocal solo	composer
Victor	B-1052	10-in.	2/27/1904	Embarquez-vous	Pol Plançon	Bass vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-1053	10-in.	2/27/1904	Embarquez-vous	Pol Plançon	Bass vocal solo	composer
Victor	C-1368	12-in.	5/27/1904	Berceuse	Charles D'Almaine	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-1368	10-in.	5/27/1904	Berceuse	Charles D'Almaine	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-2372	10-in.	3/13/1905	Lullaby	Charles D'Almaine ; Corinne Morgan	Female vocal solo, with piano and violin obbligato	composer
Victor	C-3867	12-in.	10/10/1906	Berceuse	Rosario Bourdon	Cello solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-4115	10-in.	12/7/1906	Berceuse	Gudrun Carlson	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-6008	10-in.	3/4/1908	Berceuse	Victor E. Sorlin	Cello solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-6403	12-in.	9/11/1908	Lullaby	Louis Heine	Cello solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-8333	10-in.	10/29/1909	Viens avec nous	Jeanne Gerville-Réache	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-9329	10-in.	7/27/1910	Lullaby from Jocelyn	Victor Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	B-9417	10-in.	9/9/1910	Berceuse	Mischa Ferenzo	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-10654	12-in.	6/28/1911	Mazurka	Charles Gilbert Spross	Piano solo	composer
Victor	B-11287	10-in.	11/21/1911	Chanson de Florian	Rita Fornia	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-11392	10-in.	12/18/1911	Berceuse	Edmond Clément	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-11465	10-in.	1/17/1912	Le voyageur	Marcel Journet	Bass vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-12426	10-in.	9/27/1912	Novellozzo	Frank La Forge	Piano solo	composer
Victor	B-12429	10-in.	9/26/1912	Second valse, op. 56	Frank La Forge	Piano solo	composer
Victor	B-12432	10-in.	9/30/1912	Berceuse	Gutia Casini	Cello solo, with piano (take 1); with organ (take 2)	composer
Victor	B-12910	10-in.	2/13/1913	Nous allons partir	Edmond Clément ; Geraldine Farrar ; Victor Orchestra	Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-13454	10-in.	6/19/1913	Berceuse	Arthur Pryor's Band	Band, with trombone solo	composer
Victor	BVE-13835	10-in.	3/16/1926	Jocelyn : Berceuse	Venetian Trio (Victor Records ensemble)	Instrumental trio	composer
Victor	B-13835	10-in.	9/23/1913	Berceuse	Venetian Trio (Victor Records ensemble)	Instrumental trio	composer

(Results 1-25 of 122 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Godard, Benjamin," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103047.

Godard, Benjamin. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103047.

"Godard, Benjamin." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.