- Godard’s 4-act opera Jocelyn Op. 100 premiered in Brussels in 1888.1
- Despite a successful premiere, the only excerpt from Jocelyn to attain popularity was this Berceuse.2
- The Berceuse is an arrangement of a tenor aria from Jocelyn. Godard created the original arrangement, for cello and piano, in 1896.3
Sources
- Richard Langham Smith, “Godard, Benjamin,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed October 10, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000011326.
- John Trevitt and Robert Orledge, “Godard, Benjamin (opera),” Grove Music Online (2002), accessed October 10, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-5000901933.
- Peter Avis, “Berceuse de Jocelyn,” from liner notes to Casals Encores, Alban Gerhardt, Cecile Licad, Hyperion CDA67831, CD, 2011.
Cut IDs
43632