Gounod, Charles François
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Gounod, Charles François
French composer and organist. His operas, notably Faust (1859) and Roméo et Juliette (1867), and church music, including Messe solennelle/Solemn Mass (1849), combine graceful melody and elegant harmonization. His Méditation sur le prélude de Bach/Meditation on Bach's ‘Prelude’ (1889) for soprano and instruments, based on Prelude No. 1 of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, achieved popularity as ‘Gounod's Ave Maria’.
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