Composer

Benjamin Godard

French violinist and composer (1849–1895)

1849–1895

204 works and musical collections

Born: 1849
Died: 1895
Birthplace: Paris
Place of death: Cannes
Citizenship / historical state: France
Period (estimated from birth year): Romantic

Biography

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.

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Life and musical career

Occupations: composer; violist
Education: Conservatoire de Paris
Teachers: Richard Hammer; Henri Vieuxtemps; Napoléon Henri Reber
Career institutions / employers: Conservatoire de Paris
Instruments played: violin
Genres: opera
Movements: classical music
Notable works: Jocelyn
Languages used: French
VIAF ID: 7487222
ISNI: 0000000108671616
GND ID: 116695110
Library of Congress ID: n81018135
MusicBrainz ID: 5b029178-02d1-4570-9391-be8617c6eae0

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Piano, Organ, Voice, Flute, Harp
Genres represented: Classical
Source entries with composition dates: 20

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Catalogue

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Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title	Work details	Listed instruments	Sheet music
Lanterne Magique, Op.66	Catalogue / opus Op.66	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
Mazurka No. 2, Op. 54	Catalogue / opus Op. 54	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Nocturne, Op.68	Catalogue / opus Op.68	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Novellozza, Op.47	Catalogue / opus Op.47	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
3 Pieces for Piano, Op.51	Catalogue / opus Op.51	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
4 Pieces for String Trio, Op.5	Catalogue / opus Op.5	Cello violin	View sheet music Work & edition details
3 Pièces pour piano, Op.27	Catalogue / opus Op.27	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Scènes écossaises, Op. 138	Catalogue / opus Op. 138 Year composed 1892	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Scènes poétiques, Op.46	Catalogue / opus Op.46	strings Timpani Tuba 2 more instruments Piccolo Cymbals	View sheet music Work & edition details
Suite de Danses anciennes et modernes, Op.103	Catalogue / opus Op.103	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Le Tasse, Symphonie dramatique for Soli, Chorus and Orchestra, Op.39	Catalogue / opus Op.39 Year composed 1877	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Valse No.1	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Valse-Sérénade	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Valse No.5, Op.88	Catalogue / opus Op.88	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Idylle	See work details	Piano Flute	View sheet music Work & edition details
Paroles de haine	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Scale of E-flat Major	See work details	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
"Nous n'irons plus au bois ('We shall go no more to the wood'), Op. 149 Book 1 No. 4"	Catalogue / opus Op. 149	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
Six Preludes Op.23	Catalogue / opus Op.23	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata For Piano Op.20	Catalogue / opus Op.20	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
Toccata	See work details	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
3. Elle est jeune et rieuse	See work details	Harp	View sheet music Work & edition details
2. Dans le Montagne	See work details	Harp Timpani percussion	View sheet music Work & edition details
4. Carillon	See work details	Harp Timpani percussion	View sheet music Work & edition details
Love	See work details	Piano Organ Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Flower in the Valley	See work details	Piano Organ Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Wir glauben all	See work details	Organ	View sheet music Work & edition details
Valse, Op. 116, No. 3 - Piano Score - Piano Score	Catalogue / opus Op. 116, No. 3	Piano Flute	View sheet music Work & edition details
Valse from "Suite de 3 Pièces, Op. 116" - Set of Parts	Catalogue / opus Op. 116	Piano Flute	View sheet music Work & edition details
Chanson de Florian - Score	See work details	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
Valse, Op. 116, No. 3 - Flute - Flute	Catalogue / opus Op. 116, No. 3	Piano Flute	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sur le Lac, Op. 36 - Piano Score	Catalogue / opus Op. 36	Piano Cello	View sheet music Work & edition details
Mazurka II Op. 54 - Piano	Catalogue / opus Op. 54	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
2 Waltzes Op. 56 - Piano	Catalogue / opus Op. 56	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Pan, from "The Magic Lantern", Part 1, Op. 50, No. 2	Catalogue / opus Op. 50, No. 2	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Godard: Allegretto, Op. 116, No. 1	Catalogue / opus Op. 116, No. 1	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Pan1, Op. 50, No. 2	Catalogue / opus Op. 50, No. 2	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sur le Lac, Op. 36	Catalogue / opus Op. 36	Piano Cello	View sheet music Work & edition details
Renouveau, Op. 82	Catalogue / opus Op. 82	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
2 Waltzes Op. 56	Catalogue / opus Op. 56	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Mazurka II Op. 54	Catalogue / opus Op. 54	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Berceuse (From Joceyn)	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
"Bien Sage (Be Good!), Op. 149 Book 1 No. 9"	Catalogue / opus Op. 149	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
"Marche des Fillettes (March of the Little Girls), Op. 149 Book 1 No. 3"	Catalogue / opus Op. 149	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
"Marche des Garconnets (March of the Little Boys), Op. 149 Book 1 No. 2"	Catalogue / opus Op. 149	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
"Menuet des Bambins (Children's Minuet), Op. 149 Book 1 No. 10"	Catalogue / opus Op. 149	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
"Peur de l'Enfer (Fear of the Inferno), Op. 149 Book 1 No. 8"	Catalogue / opus Op. 149	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
"Prelude, Op. 149 Book 1 No. 1"	Catalogue / opus Op. 149	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 7487222. Portrait: Unattributed, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.