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
- Education
- Conservatoire de Paris
- 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.
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.