Benjamin Louis Paul Godard
Born: 18th August 1849, Paris, France
Died: 10th January 1895, Cannes, France
Nationality: French
Benjamin Louis Paul Godard 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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- 4 Stücke für Flöte und Orchester (1)
- Allegretto from Suite de trois morceaux, Op. 116 (2)
- Au matin, Op. 83 (2)
- Berceuse from Jocelyn (40)
- Cachès dans cet asile (Jocelyn) (4)
- Canzonetta (Concerto romantique for violin Op. 35) (10)
- Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 104 (2)
- Chanson de Juin (2)
- Chanson du berger (2)
- Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 131 (5)
- Contemplation (3)
- Etudes melodiques (6) (1)
- Guitare (2)
- Introduction et Allegro pour piano et orchestre, Op. 49 (2)
- Jocelyn (30)
- Jocelyn Suite, Op. 100 (8)
- L'invitation au voyage, Op. 114 (2)
- Mazurka No. 2, Op. 54 (3)
- Morceaux (3), Op. 16 (2)
- No. 2: Hommage à Chopin from Lanterne magique, Op. 66 (1)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 31 (2)
- Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 148 (2)
- Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 94 (2)
- Piano Trio in F major, Op. 72 (1)
- Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 32 (1)
- Promenade en Mer, Op. 86 (3)
- Scenes Eccosaises, Op. 138: 1. Legende Pastorale (3)
- Scènes écossaises, Op. 138 (5)
- Scènes italiennes, Op.126 (4)
- Scènes Poetiques for Orchestra, Op. 46 (1)
- Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin in B Minor, Op. 20 (2)
- Sonate Fantastique, Op. 63 (2)
- String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 33 (2)
- String Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 37 (2)
- String Quartet No. 3 in A major, Op. 136 (2)
- Suite de trois morceaux Op. 116 (14)
- Symphonie gothique, Op. 23 (2)
- Symphonie Orientale pour orchestre, Op. 84 (1)
- Te souviens-tu (2)
- Valse No. 5, Op. 88, "Valse chromatique" (3)
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