Benjamin Godard

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.

Birth and Death Data: Born August 18, 1849 (Paris), Died January 10, 1895 (Cannes)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1901 - 1945

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, arranger

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1402	7-in.	5/21/1902	Berceuse	Monsieur Fernand	Baritone vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1402	10-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	B-1368	10-in.	5/27/1904	Berceuse	Charles D'Almaine	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	C-1368	12-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	B-13835	10-in.	9/23/1913	Berceuse	Venetian Trio (Victor Records ensemble)	Instrumental trio	composer
Victor	BVE-13835	10-in.	3/16/1926	Jocelyn : Berceuse	Venetian Trio (Victor Records ensemble)	Instrumental trio	composer
Victor	C-14245	12-in.	12/29/1913	Berceuse	Alma Gluck	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-14626	12-in.	3/25/1914	Lullaby	John McCormack	Tenor vocal solo, with violin obbligato and piano	composer
Victor	C-14688	12-in.	4/9/1914	Berceuse	Frances Alda	Soprano vocal solo, with piano and balalaika orchestra	composer
Victor	B-16107	10-in.	6/18/1915	Berceuse	Maud Powell	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	C-18136	12-in.	7/20/1916	Berceuse	Marguerite Dunlap ; Olive Kline ; Elizabeth Wheeler	Female vocal trio, with cello and orchestra	composer
Victor	C-18658	12-in.	11/3/1916	Chanson de juin	Enrico Caruso	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-19030	10-in.	1/10/1917	Chanson de Florian	Eva Gauthier	Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-19126	10-in.	1/24/1917	Priere	Marcel Journet	Bass vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-19247	10-in.	3/7/1917	Viens avec nous, petit	Eva Gauthier	Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-20384	10-in.	7/10/1917	Berceuse	Conway's Band ; H. Benne Henton	Saxophone solo, with band	composer
Victor	B-23994	10-in.	5/5/1920	Canzonetta	Efrem Zimbalist	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-25724	10-in.	10/18/1921	Canzonetta	Erica Morini	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-25907	10-in.	12/19/1921	Knight of the hobbyhorse	Victor Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-25907	10-in.	11/18/1926	Knight of the hobby-horse	Victor Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	B-31510	10-in.	12/11/1924	En route	Harry Wilhelm	Piano solo	composer
Victor	B-31652	10-in.	1/13/1925	Berceuse	Jesse Crawford	Pipe organ solo	composer
Victor	C-31866	12-in.	2/19/1925	Berceuse	Renée Chemet	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	CVE-34420	12-in.	1/20/1926	Berceuse	Pablo Casals	Cello solo, with piano	composer
Victor	CVE-37384	12-in.	1/31/1927	Jocelyn : Berceuse	Charles Raymond Cronham	Organ solo	composer
Victor	CVE-40392	12-in.	2/6/1928	Berceuse de Jocelyn	G. H. Rigler	Male vocal solo, with piano, cello, and violin	composer
Victor	CVE-42989	12-in.	9/25/1928	Adagio pathetique	Victor Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-43958	10-in.	5/8/1928	Canción de cuna	Hermanos Hernández	Vocal and instrumental trio	composer
Victor	CVE-49067	12-in.	1/15/1929	On the mountain	Motion Picture Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	CVE-55135	12-in.	7/17/1929	Lullaby from Jocelyn	Nicholas Vasilieff	Male vocal solo, with violin	composer
Victor	BVE-59761	10-in.	4/23/1930	Angels guard thee	Hulda Lashanska	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	CRC-64654	12-in.	1/15/1931	Adagio pathétique	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor String Ensemble	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	CS-75595	12-in.	3/31/1933	Berceuse from Jocelyn	Richard Crooks	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra and violin obbligato duet	composer
Victor	CVE-81550	12-in.	1/19/1934	Träumerei	Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra ; Eugene Ormandy	String orchestra	arranger
Victor	BS-82167	10-in.	4/5/1934	Berceuse de Jocelyn	Juan Arvizu	Male vocal solo, with organ	composer
Victor	BS-88973	10-in.	5/21/1935	Florian's song	Bruno Reibold	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	O-245	10-in.	7/10/1907	2a mazurca de concierto	Banda de Policía de México	Band	composer
Victor	O-246	10-in.	7/9/1907	4a mazurka de concierto	Banda de Policía de México	Band	composer
Victor	BS-030374	10-in.	12/8/1938	Lullaby	Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-048986	10-in.	5/2/1940	Berceuse	Alberto Rizzi ; Victor Dinner Ensemble	Instrumental quintet	composer
Victor	BS-051424	10-in.	6/13/1940	Sweet and low	Lela May Flynn ; Helen E. Myers	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BS-068357	10-in.	11/25/1941	Berceuse	Dick Leibert	Organ solo	composer
Victor	D5VB-498	10-in.	7/17/1945	Jocelyn	Dick Leibert	Organ solo	composer
Victor	[Trial 1914-04-24-01]	Not documented	4/24/1914	Berceuse	Cecilia Wright	Female vocal solo, unaccompanied	composer
Victor	[Trial 1917-08-29-01]	Not documented	8/29/1917	Lullaby	Russell Street	Boy soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	304	7-in.	ca. 1901-Sept. 1902	Lullaby	Artists vary	Baritone vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	304	10-in.	ca. 1901	Lullaby	Artists vary	Baritone vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	3253	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Oct. 1905	Berceuse	Arthur Bergh	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	19416	10-in.	6/15/1911	Couplets de Marion	Paul Dufault	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	38167	10-in.	7/29/1912	Waltz, op. 116, no. 3	Marshall P. Lufsky	Flute solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	38751	10-in.	4/4/1913	The swan	Georges Barrère	Flute solo, with string orchestra	composer
Columbia	39077	10-in.	10/31/1913	Florian's song	Edgar H. Donovan	Boy soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	46227	10-in.	11/27/1915	Berceuse	Jules Falk	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	47047	10-in.	9/26/1916	Jocelyn : Serenade	Frances Ingram	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	47061	10-in.	10/10/1916	Berceuse	Herbert L. Clarke	Cornet solo, with band	composer
Columbia	47442	10-in.	3/27/1917	Berceuse	Ruby Helder	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	77060	10-in.	5/15/1917	Berceuse	Bernardo Di Pace ; Nino Di Pace	Guitar and mandolin duet, unaccompanied	composer
Columbia	79817	10-in.	5/3/1921	Berceuse	Emanuel Balaban ; Sascha Jacobsen	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	30732	12-in.	ca. 1911	Berceuse lullaby	William Beck	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	36483	12-in.	10/29/1912	Berceuse	Orville Harrold	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	49945	12-in.	3/4/1921	Berceuse	Duci De Kerékjártó	Violin solo	composer
Columbia	98146	12-in.	4/28/1924	Lullaby	Tandy MacKenzie	Male vocal solo, with harp, violin and orchestra	composer
Columbia	W141998	10-in.	4/22/1926	Lullaby	Corinne Rider-Kelsey	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	W144066	10-in.	4/29/1927	Berceuse	Felix Salmond	Cello solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	6253	12-in.	approximately 1912	Berceuse de Jocelyn	Charles Leggett	Cornet solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	6518	12-in.	approximately 1915	Berceuse	Hamilton Harty ; W. H. Squire	Cello solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	27294	10-in.	approximately 1911	Godard’s valse	Albert Fransella	Flute solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Columbia	35096	10-in.	first half of 1903	Zhoslen (Жосленъ)	Nina de Friede	Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with cello and piano	composer
Columbia	44265	10-in.	August 1916	Chanson de Florian	Mlle. Foret ; Mme. Vota	Female vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	44297	10-in.	June 1916	Berceuse de Jocelyn	Pierre A. Asselin	Tenor vocal solo	composer
Columbia	87393	10-in.	approximately May 1921	Jocelyn : Berceuse	Pierre A. Asselin	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	5557	10-in.	approximately May 1921	Berceuse	Willem Willeke	Cello solo	composer
Brunswick	10327-10328	10-in.	4/10/1923	Florian’s song	Marie Tiffany	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	13380-13382	10-in.	6/24/1924	Berceuse de Jocelyn	Willem Willeke	Cello solo, with piano	composer
Brunswick	13668-13670	10-in.	8/4/1924	Berceuse	Mario Chamlee ; Max Rosen	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra and violin obbligato	composer
Brunswick	E36879	10-in.	6/24/1931	Berceuse	Toscha Seidel	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Brunswick	E16841-E16843	10-in.	11/6/1925	Berceuse de Jocelyn	Willem Willeke	Cello solo, with piano	composer
Edison	405	12-in.	approximately Nov. 1910	La rêve	Lucette Korsoff	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	577	12-in.	3/23/1911	Berceuse	Georges Régis	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	820	Not documented	10/13/1911	Berceuse	Randall Hargreaves	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	999	10-in.	4/18/1912	Berceuse	Paulo Gruppe	Cello solo, with piano	composer
Edison	1429	Not documented	July 1913	Angels guard thee	Patrick Hughes	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	2158	10-in.	2/28/1913	Second valse brillante	Edison Concert Band	Band	composer
Edison	2645	10-in.	12/19/1913	Lullaby	Elizabeth Spencer	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	2763	10-in.	Dec. 1913	Berceuse	Marie Delna	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	2970	10-in.	Mar. 1914	Berceuse	Daniel Melsa	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Edison	3740	10-in.	4/30/1915	Berceuse	Robert Gayler ; Herman Sandby	Cello solo, with piano	composer
Edison	4092	10-in.	9/4/1915	Second mazurka	André Benoist	Piano solo	composer
Edison	4540	10-in.	2/29/1916	Lullaby	Ernst Albert Couturier	Cornet solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	4573	10-in.	3/10/1916	Florian's song	Paula L. Ayers	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	4889	10-in.	7/19/1916	Chanson de Florian	Alice Verlet	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	5052	10-in.	10/9/1916	Canzonetta	André Benoist ; Albert Spalding	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Edison	5691	10-in.	7/18/1917	Berceuse	Odette Le Fontenay	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	6037	10-in.	Feb. 1918	Florian's song	Marie Tiffany	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	7917	10-in.	4/14/1921	Lullaby	Louis Katzman	Cornet solo	composer
Edison	10072	10-in.	2/20/1925	Last smile	Bellini Ensemble Unique	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Edison	18807	10-in.	10/15/1928	Jocelyn	Edison Concert Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Edison	N-504	12-in.	10/15/1928	Jocelyn	Edison Concert Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Gramophone	BFR505	10-in.	4/7/1927	Berceuse	M. Capoulade	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Gramophone	2849L	10-in.	1905	Lullaby	M. A. Michailova	Soprano vocal solo, with violin obbligato and piano	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	WL986	10-in.	3/23/1928	Berceuse de Jocelyn	Adolphe Frezin ; Fernand Goeyens	Cello solo, with piano	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	CL5976	10-in.	12/2/1936	Berceuse	Marcel Carivan ; Tino Rossi	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	WLB160	10-in.	November 1930	Berceuse de Jocelyn	Andre d'Arkor ; Maurice Bastin	Tenor vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Godard, Benjamin," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103047.

Godard, Benjamin. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103047.

"Godard, Benjamin." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.