Charles Gounod - Biography
Gounod took private music lessons with Reicha and studied with Halevy and Le Sueur at the University of Paris. Being moved by the music of Palestrina, among the polyphony he heard at the Sistine Chapel, Gounod almost joined the cl... More »
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Charles-François Gounod ( ; 17 June 1818 – 18 October 1893) was a French composer, best known for his Ave Maria as well as his operas Faust and Roméo et Juliette . Gounod was born in P...
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GOUNOD ( Charles), French composer (Paris 1818 - Saint-Cloud 1893), author of operas (Faust, in 1859; Mireille, in 1864; Roméo and Juliette, in 1867) and of religious compositions (Mors et Vita, in 1885)
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FAUST; (Creation in Théatre-Lyrique, on March 19, 1859) ... Situation : En Allemagne, au XVIe siècle.;
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Charles-Francois Gounod - Biography and work. Listen to classical music/compositions by Charles-Francois Gounod online ... Classical Music Home > Classical Composers > G > Gounod, Charles-Francois;
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AKA Charles-François Gounod ... Goethe's Faust had for years exercised a strong fascination over Gounod, and he at last determined to turn it to operatic account. The performance at a Paris theatre of a drama on the same subject delayed the production of his opera for a time.
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Faust (1859)/Philips 420164-2 Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Francisco Araiza, Evgeny Nestorenko, Sir Colin Davis/Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus; ... Faust (1859)/EMI CDS7542282 Cheryl Studer (soprano), Richard Leech, Jose Van Dam, Thomas Hampson, Michel Plasson/Toulouse Capitole Orchestra & Chorus ... Charles Gounod Page...
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Charles (François) Gounod ( b Paris, 17 June 1818; d St Cloud, 18 Oct 1893). French composer. He studied privately with Reicha and at the Paris ... Charles Gounod was born on June 17, 1818, in Paris. His father was a prominent painter; his mother was a pianist, and Charles received his first musical education from her.
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