Waltz Kings: Felix Godin - Godiana (16 Godin Works in 1 Piece) (Piano)

Godiana or Pleasant Memories is a piano selection of 16 of Felix Godin's pieces, arranged by the composer himself.

Felix Godin, a pseudonym of Henry Albert Brown (c1864-1925), was an English composer of light music. He is largely forgotten, now remembered only for his "Valse Septembre", a piece of music supposedly played on the doomed Titanic, and made famous in the 1997 "Titanic" movie.

Godin never equalled the success of that waltz, though he tried often enough - most notably in similarly French titled waltzes such as Juin Charmant (1910), Valse Décembre, Valse d’Avril, Valse Ravissante and Valse Mai (1912), as well as such later examples as A True Lover’s Knot (1920) and Anticipation (1922).

Although an English composer, he assumed a French pseudonym, and his compositions had mostly French titles, because it was apparently fashionable to be French at that time. He composed a series of waltzes based on each month of the year.

The works are as follows:

1. Valse Juillet 00:05
2. G.O.S. (One Step) 01:44
3. Valse D'Avril 02:22
4. The Allied Forces March 03:08
5. Valse Decembre 03:57
6. Haidee (Oriental One-Step) 05:05
7. Valse Mai 05:54
8. Burglar Bill 06:31
9. Serenade 07:29
10.Valse Tresor 08:32
11.Supplication Romance 09:06
12.Valse Lorraine 10:14
13.Valse Ravissante 10:47
14 Voulez Vous? Valse 11:30
15 Valse Septembre 12:20
16 Tempo Di Galop 12:54

For the complete works, check out this playlist:

[tomaszopinion]

Love this piece of music, where did you find the sheet music? I have been looking for a long time :)