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Return to IndexGODARD, Benjamin Louis Paul
b Paris, 18 August 1849
d Cannes, 10 January 1895, aged forty-five
He entered the Paris Conservatory in 1863, and became a fine violinist; in 1887 he was made professor of the ensemble class. He was named Chevalier of the Legion d'honneur in 1889.
1876 (27)
Violin Concerto No 2, Concerto romantique
1878 (29)
Piano Concerto
La chasse, dramatic symphony for solo voices, chorus and orchestra
Les Bijoux de Jeanette, one-act opera
1879 (30)
Scenes poetiques
1880 (31)
Symphony
Diane poeme dramatique
1882 (33)
Symphonie, ballet
1883 (34)
Symphonie Gothique
1884 (35)
Symphonie Orientale
Pedro de Zalamea, four-act opera
1886 (37)
Symphonie Legendaire
1888 (39)
Jocelyn, opera
1890 (41)
Dante, opera
Godard also composed. three string quartets; three violin sonatas; one piano trio; Suite de trois morceaux, for flute; over a hundred songs.