BERCEUSE DE JOCELYN

Created on 14/01/2026
Latest update on 14/01/2026

Artist: Emilio de Gogorza
Author: Benjamin Godard/Armand Silvestre/Victor Capoul
Label: Victor
Year: 1902

Under alias Monsieur Fernand. From Benjamin Godard opera Jocelyn, based on a poem by Alphonse de Lamartine and first staged in Brussels (La Monnaie in 1888) where it was introduced by French tenor Pierre-Émile Engel.

Covers:

1902:

Charles Malhou [for Elephone]

1905:

Victor Capoul [tenor in the title role of the Paris cast (Théâtre Lyrique National, also in 1888)]

1914:

Alma Gluck

1914:

John McCormack [as Lullaby From Jocelyn (Angels Guard Thee); top 5 US]

1927:

Pablo Casals [for Victor]

1931:

Richard Tauber [as Ach, war es nicht ein Traum]

1936:

Tino Rossi

1946:

Bing Crosby [as Lullaby From Jocelyn]

1948:

Beniamino Gigli [as Cachés dans cet asile]

1950:

Gracie Fields [as Angels Guard Thee]

1989:

Joke Bruijs [as Doelloos Langs De Maas]

1991:

Placido Domingo

Contact


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