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Charles-François Gounod (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl fʁɑ̃swa ɡuno]; 17 June 1818 – 17 October or 18 October 1893) was a French composer, known for his Ave Maria as well as his operas Faust and Roméo et Juliette.
Gounod was born in Paris, the son of a pianist mother and an artist father. His mother was his first piano teacher. Under her tutelage, Gounod first showed his musical talents. He entered the Paris Conservatoire, where he studied under Fromental Halévy and Pierre Zimmermann (he later married Zimmermann's daughter). In 1839, he won the Prix de Rome for his cantata Fernand. He was following his father; François-Louis Gounod (d. 1823) had won the second Prix de Rome in painting in 1783. During his stay of four years in Italy, Gounod studied the music of Palestrina and other sacred works of the sixteenth century; these he never ceased to cherish. Around 1846-47 he gave serious consideration to joining the priesthood, but he changed his mind before actually taking holy orders, and went back to composition. During that period, he was attached to the Church of Foreign Missions in Paris.
Charles Gounod - "Faust", Musique de ballet
Charles Gounod - Petite Symphonie
Charles Gounod - Symphony No.1 in D-major (1855)
Charles Gounod: Ave Maria (piano solo)
Charles Gounod - Romeo et Juliette Romeo & Juliet
Charles Gounod - Judex from 'Mors et Vita'
Elīna Garanča - Repentir (O Divine Redeemer) (Charles Gounod)
✥ GOUNOD - Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile/St. Cecilia Mass (MARKEVITCH) ✥
Mass in C Major, "Messe breve No. 7 aux chapelles - Charles Gounod
CHARLES GOUNOD.- Misa solemne en Honor de Santa Cecilia
Actors: François Dalou (actor), Yvonne Gamy (actress), Michel Grisoni (actor), Max Gérard (director), Patrice Keller (actor), César Choisi (actor), Jean Bouvier (actor), Charles Galtier (writer),
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