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. |
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 122 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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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 |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Godard, Benjamin," accessed November 5, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103047.
Godard, Benjamin. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 5, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103047.
"Godard, Benjamin." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Godard, Benjamin, 1849-1895 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81018135
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