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.

Sweet Lullabies - Classical Music to Gently Fall to Sleep - 2025-12-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Grieg: Morning Mood - Albinoni: Adagio - Gluck: Dance of the Blessed Spirits - Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring & Badinerie & Other Classical Hits - 2025-09-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Women of Piano. Great Female Pianists of the Golden Age - 2024-02-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Éphémères. Piano Music from the Golden Age - 2024-01-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Horizons. Piano Music from the Golden Age - 2024-01-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Printemps. Piano Evocations from the Golden Age - 2023-11-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Benjamin Godard: Piano Works 1 - 2021-12-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Godard: Dante - 2017-10-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Godard: Piano Trios, Opp. 32 & 72 - 2016-05-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Godard: Orchestral Works - 2016-04-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Benjamin Godard: Intégrale des Sonates pour Violon et Piano - 2016-03-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Godard: Mélodies - 2016-03-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Godard: Piano Works, Vol. 2 - 2016-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Godard: Piano Works, Vol. 1 - 2015-10-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Godard: Piano Works - 2015-08-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Godard: Les 3 quatuors à cordes - 2015-07-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Benjamin Godard: Piano Works - 2014-05-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Godard: Violin Concerto No. 2 / Concerto Romantique / Scenes Poetiques - 2008-03-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Godard: Etudes, Op. 149 - 1996-01-09T00:00:00.000000Z

The Romance Of The Flute & Harp - 1986-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Jocelyn, Op. 100: Berceuse (Violin and Piano) - 2024-04-12T00:00:00.000000Z

B. Godard, Suite de Trois Morceaux Op. 116 - 2020-04-02T00:00:00.000000Z

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