Benjamin Godard

Benjamin Louis Paul Godard ( born August 18, 1849 in Paris, † January 10, 1895 in Cannes) was a French composer.

Benjamin Godard studied at the Paris Conservatory composition with Napoléon -Henri Reber and violin with Henri Vieuxtemps. Since 1887 he was a teacher at the conservatory.

Godard composed six operas, five symphonies, a piano and two violin concertos, string quartets, sonatas for violin and piano, piano pieces and etudes and more than a hundred songs.

Works

  • Tasso, dramatic symphony for soloists, chorus and orchestra, 1878
  • Symphony Ballet
  • Symphony gotique
  • Symphonie orientale
  • Symphony légendaire
  • Fantastique Sonata in C major for piano
  • Sonata in F Minor for Piano
  • Les Guelfes, opera, 1880-1882
  • Pedro de ZALAMEA, opera, 1884
  • Jocelyn, opera, 1888
  • Dante, opera, 1890
  • Ruy Blas, opera, 1891
  • La Vivandière, Komische Oper, 1895
  • Concerto romantique A- flat major, Op 35 (Violin Concerto No. 1 )
  • Scènes Poétiques for orchestra, Op 46
  • Piano Trio No. 2, Op 72 in F major
  • Suite de trois morceaux, Op 116
  • Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op 131
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