Benjamin Godard was a French composer and violinist who wrote a great many pieces for the piano. This instructional album of studies provides some interesting contrasts of styles.

Contents

• Balancelle (See-saw), Op. 149 Book 1 No. 4
  
• Bien Sage (Be Good!), Op. 149 Book 1 No. 9
  
• Marche des Fillettes (March of the Little Girls), Op. 149 Book 1 No. 3
  
• Marche des Garconnets (March of the Little Boys), Op. 149 Book 1 No. 2
  
• Menuet des Bambins (Children's Minuet), Op. 149 Book 1 No. 10
  
• Nous n'irons plus au bois ('We shall go no more to the wood'), Op. 149 Book 1 No. 4
  
• Peur de l'Enfer (Fear of the Inferno), Op. 149 Book 1 No. 8
  
• Prelude, Op. 149 Book 1 No. 1
  
• Premier Chagrin (First Sorrow), Op. 149 Book 1 No. 6
  
• Taquinerie (Teasing), Op. 149 Book 1 No. 7