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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88" title="شارل جونو – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="شارل جونو" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B0_%D0%93%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE" title="Шарль Франсуа Гуно – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Шарль Франсуа Гуно" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB_%D0%93%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE" title="Шарл Гуно – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Шарл Гуно" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B0" title="Гуно Шарль Франсуа – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Гуно Шарль Франсуа" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BB_%CE%93%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD%CF%8C" title="Σαρλ Γκουνό – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σαρλ Γκουνό" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88" title="شارل گونو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شارل گونو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fran%C3%A7ois_Gounod" title="Charles François Gounod – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Charles François Gounod" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%83%A4%EB%A5%BC_%EA%B5%AC%EB%85%B8" title="샤를 구노 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="샤를 구노" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%87%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%AC_%D4%B3%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%B8" title="Շառլ Գունո – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Շառլ Գունո" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9C_%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95" title="שארל גונו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="שארל גונו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9A_%E1%83%92%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D" title="შარლ გუნო – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="შარლ გუნო" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%93%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE" title="Шарль Гуно – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Шарль Гуно" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE" title="Гуно – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Гуно" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolus_Gounod" title="Carolus Gounod – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Carolus Gounod" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0arls_Guno" title="Šarls Guno – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Šarls Guno" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB_%D0%93%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE" title="Шарл Гуно – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Шарл Гуно" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88" title="شارل جونو – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="شارل جونو" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%93%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE" title="Шарль Гуно – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Шарль Гуно" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC" title="シャルル・グノー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="シャルル・グノー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guno_Sharl_Fransua" title="Guno Sharl Fransua – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Guno Sharl Fransua" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE,_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Гуно, Шарль – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Гуно, Шарль" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod" title="Charles Gounod – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Charles Gounod" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB_%D0%93%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE" title="Шарл Гуно – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Шарл Гуно" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-Fran%C3%A7ois_Gounod" title="Charles-François Gounod – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Charles-François Gounod" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" 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class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn" style="display:inline-block">Charles-François Gounod</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Gounod_(1890)_by_Nadar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Charles_Gounod_%281890%29_by_Nadar.jpg/220px-Charles_Gounod_%281890%29_by_Nadar.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="323" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Charles_Gounod_%281890%29_by_Nadar.jpg/330px-Charles_Gounod_%281890%29_by_Nadar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Charles_Gounod_%281890%29_by_Nadar.jpg/440px-Charles_Gounod_%281890%29_by_Nadar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2672" data-file-height="3920" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Charles Gounod in 1890</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">17 June 1818</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">October 17, 1893<span style="display:none">(1893-10-17)</span> (aged 75)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Composer</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Charles-François Gounod</b> (born in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, 17 June 1818; died in <a href="/wiki/Saint-Cloud" title="Saint-Cloud">Saint-Cloud</a>, 17 October 1893)<sup id="cite_ref-cgb_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cgb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French</a> <a href="/wiki/Composer" title="Composer">composer</a>. Gounod (pronounce: “Goo – no”) wrote many different kinds of pieces, but he is best known today for his <a href="/wiki/Opera" title="Opera">operas</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Faust_(opera)" title="Faust (opera)">Faust</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Rom%C3%A9o_et_Juliette" title="Roméo et Juliette">Roméo et Juliette</a></i> and, especially, for the very popular “Ave Maria” which is a melody that goes with a <a href="/wiki/Prelude" title="Prelude">prelude</a> by <a href="/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach" title="Johann Sebastian Bach">Johann Sebastian Bach</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Gounod&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Early life" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Gounod&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Early life"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gounod was born in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>. His father was a <a href="/wiki/Painting" title="Painting">painter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Engraver" class="mw-redirect" title="Engraver">engraver</a>. His mother was his first piano teacher. When his father died in 1823 his mother started a school to teach the piano. Gounod soon showed musical talent and went to study at the <a href="/wiki/Paris_Conservatoire" class="mw-redirect" title="Paris Conservatoire">Paris Conservatoire</a>. He studied with three teachers, all of whom died soon after Gounod became their pupil. The first time he competed for the <a href="/wiki/Prix_de_Rome" title="Prix de Rome">Prix de Rome</a> he did not get it, but the third time, in 1839, he was successful. This meant that he could go to <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a> to learn more about music. </p><p>In Rome he liked the religious music of the 16th century by composers such as <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Pierluigi_da_Palestrina" class="mw-redirect" title="Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina">Palestrina</a>. He did not much like the modern opera composers such as <a href="/wiki/Donizetti" class="mw-redirect" title="Donizetti">Donizetti</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vincenzo_Bellini" title="Vincenzo Bellini">Bellini</a>. Gounod also spent some of the year in <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>. He passed through <a href="/wiki/Leipzig" title="Leipzig">Leipzig</a> where he met <a href="/wiki/Mendelssohn" class="mw-redirect" title="Mendelssohn">Mendelssohn</a>, whose music made a big impression on him. </p><p>Gounod returned to Paris where he got a job as director of music at a church. He thought of becoming a <a href="/wiki/Priest" title="Priest">priest</a>, but then he changed his mind. He left his job in the church. Some time later he became friends with the singer <a href="/wiki/Pauline_Viardot" title="Pauline Viardot">Pauline Viardot</a> and her husband Louis. He spent some time at their house composing the opera <i>Sapho</i>. </p><p>He composed the <i>Messe Sollennelle</i>, also known as the <i>Saint Cecilia Mass</i>. Two fragments of this work were first performed in London during 1851 and it helped him to become famous. By this time he was married. He had a job in charge of several choirs. He started to write a lot of <a href="/wiki/Choir" class="mw-redirect" title="Choir">choral</a> music. </p><p>He wrote two symphonies in 1855, the 1st Symphony in D major, and the 2nd Symphony in E flat,<sup id="cite_ref-cgw_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cgw-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although they are not often played today. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Middle_period">Middle period</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Gounod&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Middle period" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Gounod&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Middle period"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1856 he started to write the opera by which he is now best remembered: <i><a href="/wiki/Faust_(opera)" title="Faust (opera)">Faust</a></i> (1859), based on the first part of the play <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goethe%E2%80%99s_Faust&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Goethe’s Faust (not yet started)">Faust</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe" title="Johann Wolfgang von Goethe">Goethe</a>. The opera was produced in 1859 and soon was performed in many countries, especially in Germany. The composer <a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner" title="Richard Wagner">Richard Wagner</a> was the most important opera composer in Germany and his operas were quite different, so he said that Gounod’s operas were silly. </p><p>When the <a href="/wiki/Franco-Prussian_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Franco-Prussian war">Franco-Prussian war</a> broke out in 1870 Gounod went to live in England. He stayed there for five years becoming the first <a href="/wiki/Conducting" title="Conducting">conductor</a> of what is now the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Choral_Society&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Royal Choral Society (not yet started)">Royal Choral Society</a>. Gounod wrote a lot of music for choirs at this time, including a <a href="/wiki/Motet" title="Motet">motet</a> composed especially for the grand opening of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall" title="Royal Albert Hall">Royal Albert Hall</a> in 1871. He worked very hard, although he was often depressed about the war situation in France. His house in Saint-Cloud had been destroyed. He returned to France in 1874 and was glad to be back with his family. </p><p>He wrote much <a href="/wiki/Chamber_music" title="Chamber music">chamber music</a>, including five <a href="/wiki/String_quartet" title="String quartet">string quartets</a>, but these are hardly ever played today. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Last_years">Last years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Gounod&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Last years" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Gounod&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Last years"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Later in his life, Gounod became very interested in <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religion</a> again. He wrote a lot of religious music, including his famous musical setting of <a href="/wiki/Hail_Mary" title="Hail Mary">Ave Maria</a> based on the first prelude from Book I of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Well-Tempered_Clavier" title="The Well-Tempered Clavier">The Well-Tempered Clavier</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach" title="Johann Sebastian Bach">J.S. Bach</a> and <i>Hymnus Pontificius</i> the <a href="/wiki/Anthem" title="Anthem">anthem</a> of <a href="/wiki/Vatican" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatican">Vatican</a>. He also wrote two <a href="/wiki/Oratorio" title="Oratorio">oratorios</a>, including <i>Mors et vita</i> which <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a> liked so much that she asked for it to be played in the Royal Albert Hall in 1886. </p><p>He was just finishing a <a href="/wiki/Requiem" title="Requiem">requiem</a> called <i>Le Grand Requiem</i> when he died. 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