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Nicolas Dautricourt

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Its like a period drama set in a bygone era?!A Collection of Violin Sonatas by Benjamin Godard, Pioneer of French Chamber MusicThis will surely change the way you view French musicA collection of violin sonatas by the 19th-century French composer Benjamin Godard. In the mid-19th century, the French music scene was dominated by opera and chamber music by German composers, leaving little opportunity for chamber music by French composersand few of their works were even performed. Against this backdrop, Godards Violin Sonata No. 1written when he was just 17 years oldbecame a pioneering work that preceded those of Faur, Saint-Sans, and Franck. The Violin Sonatas Nos. 14 included here were all composed by Godard during his youth, between the ages of 17 and 23. While their classical style and musical ideas reminiscent of Beethoven and Brahms are far removed from what is generally associated wit