COMPOSER

Benjamin Godard

1849 - 1895

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin Godard has received more than 109,224 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Benjamin Godard is the 745th most popular composer (down from 701st in 2019), the 3,028th most popular biography from France (down from 2,791st in 2019) and the 105th most popular French Composer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.71

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Benjamin Godard ranks 745 out of 1,451. Before him are Luigi Denza, Cesare Pugni, Jerome Kern, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Christian Cannabich, and Claude Balbastre. After him are Franz Krommer, Augusta Holmès, Dave Grusin, Louise Bertin, Carlos Seixas, and Juan Bautista Cabanilles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Benjamin Godard ranks 52. Before him are Johan August Brinell, Emile Claus, Agenor Maria Gołuchowski, Jérôme Eugène Coggia, Sergei Ivanovich Mosin, and Ida Straus. After him are Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Fritz Mauthner, Jean Richepin, Mohammad Yaqub Khan, Ruy Barbosa, and William Ernest Henley. Among people deceased in 1895, Benjamin Godard ranks 45. Before him are Ding Ruchang, Tomoji Tanabe, Albert F. Mummery, Władysław Podkowiński, Karl Vogt, and Karl Schenk. After him are Lahiri Mahasaya, Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia, L. L. Langstroth, Eugen Langen, Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, and Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia.

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In France

Among people born in France, Benjamin Godard ranks 3,028 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Jouvenet (1644), Jean-Nicolas Corvisart (1755), Sarah Kofman (1934), Isabelle of France (1225), Henri Laurens (1885), and Claude Balbastre (1724). After him are Pierre-Paul Riquet (1609), Augusta Holmès (1847), Lupus of Troyes (395), Louise Bertin (1805), Stéphane Peterhansel (1965), and Marie Antoinette Murat (1793).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Benjamin Godard ranks 105. Before him are Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789), Michel Corrette (1707), Nicolas Gombert (1495), Charles Tournemire (1870), Petrus de Cruce (1300), and Claude Balbastre (1724). After him are Augusta Holmès (1847), Louise Bertin (1805), Maurice Emmanuel (1862), Claudin de Sermisy (1490), George Onslow (1784), and Claude Le Jeune (1528).

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