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Charles Gounod
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French composer (1818–1893)
Charles Gounod was a French composer of the 19th century best known for creating popular operas and sacred music that appealed to wide audiences. His works, including the famous opera "Faust," helped define the operatic style of his era and remain frequently performed today.
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Saint-Cloud
- Occupation
- composer
- Position held
- chapelmaster
- Educated at
- Lycée Saint-Louis
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Notable work
- Funeral March of a Marionette
- Student of
- Anton Reicha
- Genre
- oratorio
- Movement
- classical music
- Instrument
- organ
- Image
- Charles Gounod (1890) by Nadar.jpg
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- place of burial
- Auteuil Cemetery
- topic's main category
- Category:Charles Gounod
- student
- Henri Büsser
- Commons category
- Charles Gounod
- date of birth
- 1818-06-17
- date of death
- 1893-10-18
- Commons gallery
- Charles Gounod
- name in native language
- Charles Gounod
- birth name
- Charles-François Gounod
- cause of death
- stroke
- influenced by
- Felix Mendelssohn
- writing language
- French
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- Académie des beaux-arts
- related category
- Category:Compositions by Charles Gounod
- P12749
- Bockau
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Charles Gounod, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Ulysse [Música notada] :]tragédie en cinq actes et en vers de Mr. F. Ponsard
La colombe [Música notada] :]opéra comique en deux actes, de MM J. Barbier et M. Carré
Déesse ou femme [Música notada] :]madrigal
Méditation pour orchestre et choeur avec violon principal
Margarita [Music Noted] =] Margarite: romanza
Faust.. Estrofe, Dio dall'or del mondo signor [Música notada]
Faust.. Serenata, Tu che fai l'addormentata [Música notada]
Marguerite [Music Noted]: Romance
Vingt mélodies pour chant et piano. 2me. recueil [Música notada]
Vingt mélodies pour chant et piano. 3me. recueil [Música notada]
Prière [Música notada]
Quanti mai! [Music Noted] = Les heureux: --
Le départ des missionnaires [Música notada] : chant
Gallia [Music Noted]:] lamentation
Je ne puis espérer [Música notada] : mélodie dramatique
Absence [Música notada] : mélodie
Viens, mon coeur! [Música notada] : d'après le cantique de Salomon : mélodie avec violoncelle obligé
Le Vallon [Música notada] : mélodie de Ch. Gounod
Loin du pays [Música notada] : mélodie avec accompagnement de piano
Prière d'Abraham [Música notada]
Le pays bienheureux [Música notada] : questions d'enfant
Noël [Música notada] : chant des religieuses
Fête de Jupiter [Música notada] : grande marche processionnelle
Méditation pour piano, orgue-harmonium et violon ou violoncelle [Música notada]
Berceuse [Música notada] : mélodie de Ch. Gounod
Si vous n'ouvrez votre fenêtre [Música notada] : chanson
Viens! les gazons sont verts [Música notada] : chanson
La fauvette [Música notada] : chanson
Chanson d'avril : sérénade du Passant
Au printemps [Music Noted]: Charles Gounod’s mélodie
"If thou art sleeping, maiden, awake!" [Música notada] : song
La chanson de la brise : duo, suite au duo La siesta [Música notada]
Heureux sera le jour [Música notada] : chanson
La chasse [Música notada] : choeur pour quatre voix d'hommes sans accompagnement
Night [Música notada]: six-voice choir with accomplt. Piano
Prière du soir [Música notada] : choeur à 4 et 6 voix sans accompagnement
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Encyclopedic overview
Gounod in 1860 soon after his greatest success, Faust
Charles-François Gounod ( UK: /ˈɡuːnoʊ/ GOO-noh, US: /ɡuːˈnoʊ/ goo-NOH; French: [ʃaʁl fʁɑ̃swa ɡuno]; 17 June 1818 – 18 October 1893) was a French composer, conductor, and organist of the Romantic era. He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular has always been Faust (1859); his Roméo et Juliette (1867) also remains in the international repertoire. He composed a large amount of church music, many songs, and popular short pieces including his "Ave Maria" (an elaboration of a Bach piece) and "Funeral March of a Marionette".
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