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	Charles Gounod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gounod was born in Paris, the son of a pianist mother and a draftsman father.
		Gounod died in 1893 in Saint-Cloud in France.
		Gounod's Funeral March of a Marionette was used as the theme music for Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Gounod (257 words)

	CHARLES FRANCOIS GOUNOD - LoveToKnow Article on CHARLES FRANCOIS GOUNOD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gounods second dramatic attempt was again in connection with a classical subject, and consisted in some choruses written for Ulysse, a tragedy by Ponsard, played at the Th~tre Francais in 1852, when the orchestra was conducted by Offenbach.
		Gounod had not studied the works of German masters such as Mendelssohn and Schumann in vain, and although his own style is eminently Gallic, yet it cannot be denied that much of its charm emanates from a certain poetic sentimentality which seems to have a Teutonic origin.
		Gounod himself is stated to have expressed his opinion of the relative value of the two operas enigmatically by saying, Faust is the oldest, but I was younger; Romeo is the youngest, but I was older.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GO/GOUNOD_CHARLES_FRANCOIS.htm (2203 words)

	OperaWorld.com's Opera Insights: Charles Gounod (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gounod showed talent for both art and music at an early age; his mother often sang to him, and by the age of seven he could read music as easily as words.
		Gounod moved with his family to England when the Franco-Prussian War threatened his home, and he was much in demand there on the social scene.
		Gounod himself was in poor health after a long bout with bronchitis and heart disease which had left him temporarily paralyzed.
	www.operaworld.com /special/gounod.shtml (1434 words)

	The Musical Times: Charles Gounod 1818-1893 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Charles François Gounod was born in Paris on June 17, 1818, in a humble ‘apartment’ in the Rue de l’Eperon.
		She was Gounod’s first teacher, and being a woman of strong character and great piety exerted a powerful influence over her impressionable son.
		Gounod’s next essay – at the Académie Impériale – was ‘La Nonne sanglante’ (October 18, 1854), the libretto to which, based by Scribe on Lewis’s novel ‘The Monk,’ had been refused in succession by Meyerbeer, Halévy, and Berlioz.
	www.musicaltimes.co.uk /archive/obits/189311gounod.html (1777 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Charles-Francois Gounod
		Gounod was sent early to the Lycée Saint-Louis, where he was one of the best scholars.
		It was during this period that Gounod thought he had a vocation for the priesthood, and for two semesters attended the lectures on theology at the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice.
		Gounod was a child of his time and of the France of the nineteenth century.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06683b.htm (1130 words)

	Encyclopedia: Charles Gounod
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		Faust, Charles Gounods operatic retelling of the Faust legend, debuted at the Théatre-Lyrique on 19 March 1859.
		Download high resolution version (518x798, 61 KB)1882 caricature of Charles Gounod Scanned from Punch, November 4, 1882, page 215 Artwork by Edward Linley Sambourne This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Charles-Gounod (894 words)

	Gounod, Charles (1818 - 1893) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gounod had a particularly strong influence on French composers from the middle of the 19th century.
		Gounod's opera Faust is concerned principally with Faust's seduction of Marguerite, whose own redemption is secured, while Faust remains the prey of the devil Mephistopheles.
		Gounod wrote two symphonies, but it is his Petite symphonie of 1885, for ten wind instruments, that has proved more attractive.
	www.naxos.com /composer/gounod.htm (427 words)

	AZOpera Charles François Gounod Biography
		Charles Gounod, born in Paris on June 18, 1818 was the son of a talented but unsuccessful painter who died when Gounod was four.
		Gounod acknowledged that opera was the only field that lead to success for a French composer.
		Gounod was to spend the remainder of his lifetime attempting unsuccessfully to produce an opera as well received as Faust.
	www.evermore.com /azo/c_bios/gounod.php3 (495 words)

	- Classical Music Dictionary - Free MP3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gounod’s opera "Faust", based on Goethe's drama that had a wide influence over artists of all kinds during the 19th century, is concerned principally with Faust's seduction of Marguerite, whose own redemption is secured, while Faust remains the prey of the devil Mephistopheles.
		Gounod's church music has seemed to some excessively sweet, a charge that cannot justly be levelled at the Messe solennelle de St. Cècile (the Solemn Mass of St.
		Gounod wrote two symphonies, but it is his Petite symphonie of 1885, for ten wind instruments, is more attractive.
	www.karadar.it /Dictionary/gounod.html (428 words)

	Charles Francois Gounod
		CHARLES FRANCOIS GOUNOD was born in Paris, June 17, 1818.
		Gounod himself has prefaced the music with an admirably concise description of the text and its various subjects.
		Though Gounod does not always reach the sublime and majestic heights of the old masters in sacred music, yet the feeling manifested in these works is never anything but religious ; the hearer is always surrounded by an atmosphere of devotion.
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	charles gounod
		charles gounod (1813-1893) en ünlü operasý faust olan, ama bunu yanýsýra mireille, romeo et juliette, ave maria ve messe de st cecile gibi operalar yazmýþ olan fransýz kompozitör.
		klasik batý müzðinin dev ustalarýna göre az yetenekli sayýlabilecek olan gounod, fransýz duygululuðunu taþýyan, bazýlarý yüzyýlý aþkýn bir süredir icra edilen yapýtlar verebilmiþti.
		ünlü mendelssohn dan aldýðý ilhamla besteciliðe baþlayan gounod, dini yapýtlar, þarkýlar yazmýþ, giderek opera alanýna kaymýþtý.
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	Charles Gounod (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		UTAH OPERA presents Charles Gounod's "Romeo and Juliet"; Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, Salt Lake City; 7:30 pm; $10 to $70.
		Though a French adaptation with music by Charles Gounod, the story rings with the familiar mythical elements made famous in the drama by Johann Wolfgang von...
		Gounod was born in Paris and learned music with his mother as a child.
	www.wikiverse.org /charles-gounod (275 words)

	Charles Francois Gounod Biography / Biography of Charles Francois Gounod Main Biography
		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.
		From 1870 to 1875 Gounod lived in London, where, in addition to presenting concerts and composing a number of religious works, he organized the Gounod Choir, later to become the Royal Choral Society.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-charles-francois-gounod (568 words)

	Directory - Arts: Music: Composition: Composers: G: Gounod, Charles François
		Gounod, Charles François · Biography noting studies and influences, early honors, influences, religious background, operatic works, conducting, and his effect on later French and other composers.
		Charles Gounod · iweb · cached · Filmography noting films and TV programs using or based on his works, especially the opera Faust, from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb).
		Crawford and Gounod: Ambiguity and Irony in Malcolm's Katie · cached · Essay by Robert Alan Burns on the Canadian poet Isabella Crawford and her relation to Gounod.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=491822 (373 words)

	Master: Gounod's Faust
		Charles-François Gounod (1818-1893) was a French composer of church music and operas.
		When Gounod died in 1893, the opera had been performed over a thousand times in Paris.
		Gounod's Faust was in the repertoire of the Bolshoi Theater, where Bulgakov saw it many times.
	cr.middlebury.edu /public/russian/Bulgakov/public_html/Gounod.html (1113 words)

	Charles Gounod (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Charles Gounod was de zoon van de schilder Francois Louis Gounod en de pianiste Victoire Lemachois, die zijn groot muzikaal talent vroeg ontdekte en hem dus muzikaal stimuleerde.
		Charles nam eerst privélessen bij Anton Reicha in Parijs.
		De populairste compositie van Gounod is wel de "Méditation sur le 1er Prélude de Bach" (Zie Johann Sebastian Bach) uit het jaar 1852.
	www.muziekbus.nl /verklaringen/charles+gounod.html (387 words)

	Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
		Gounod's nature was very sensitive, almost mystic, and he had very seriously thought in a moment of his life to become a priest, attempt that finally did not make.
		Even if Gounod's output is to a large extent of a religious content, he did not miss the chance to try his talent in the world of the melodrama, without, however, particular success.
		Gounod also reformed the French lyric repertoire thanks to the sincerity of his expression and the solidity of his technique.
	www.artissimo.gr /english/cm_composers/Charles_Gounod.htm (461 words)

	Charles Gounod
		Gounod Sohn eines Malers erhielt bereits Musikunterricht von seiner Mutter einer Pianistin.
		Nach seiner Rückkehr wurde Gounod Kirchenkapellmeister Organist in Paris.
		Alter wandte sich der tief religiöse Gounod der Kirchenmusik zu.
	www.uni-protokolle.de /Lexikon/Charles_Gounod.html (386 words)

	Charles Gounod biography : albums : icebergradio.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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 clergy.
		The effect that Gounod had on the next generation of composers can only be understood through their music, the music of Bizet, Faure, and Massenet.
	www.icebergradio.com /artist/1104/the_browns.html (182 words)

	Pro Arte: Gounod; Petite Symphonie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gounod was to have his operatic successes, but he also had a far wider range of interest than most French composers of his day.
		She introduced the young Frenchman to the works of Bach, Beethoven (as astonishing as it may seem to us, their music was virtually unknown in France then), not to mention those of her brother.
		But the extraordinary success of Faust in 1859 turned his attention more forcibly to the theater, and he never had written his "little symphony" but for a commission from his friend Paul Taffanel (1844-1908), the great and highly influential teacher of the flute at the Paris Conservatorie.
	www.proarte.org /notes/gounod.htm (378 words)

	'Faust' effective as moral lesson - The Washington Times: Entertainment - April 25, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Debuting in Paris in 1859, Gounod's "Faust" has pretty much remained in the repertoire ever since aside from a recent, nearly inexplicable hiatus which some have blamed on its old-fashioned sense of morality.
		Gounod's version of the Faust legend draws only on that portion of Goethe's poem that deals with the ill-fated affair between Faust and the innocent Marguerite.
		Gounod designed his Satanic majesty to be an over-the-top kind of devil, and Mr.
	www.washtimes.com /entertainment/20050424-101727-8712r.htm (687 words)

	Find A Grave Cemetery Records- Charles Gounod
		Gounod's reputation has dimmed considerably since then, but he is still important for helping to free French music theatre from the bloated traditions of Grand Opera.
		With the exception of "Faust" and "Romeo et Juliette" (1867), none of Gounod's 15 operas had lasting success.
		Gounod's "Ave Maria" (1854) is well-known, as is his droll "Funeral March for a Marionette" (1872), which became famous as the theme music for tv's "Alfred Hitchcock Presents." (bio by: Robert Edwards)
	www.findagrave.com /cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7717&pt=Charles%20Gounod (338 words)

	Charles Gounod - netlexikon
		Gounod, Sohn eines Malers, erhielt bereits früh Musikunterricht von seiner Mutter, einer Pianistin.
		Nach seiner Rückkehr wurde Gounod Kirchenkapellmeister und Organist in Paris.
		Auf Grund des deutsch-französischen Krieges 1870/71 wohnte er 1870-74 in London und gründete dort den „Gounod's Choir“, aus dem später die „Royal Choral Society“ hervorging.
	www.lexikon-definition.de /Charles-Gounod.html (520 words)

	Biographie de Charles Gounod avec gold-music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Son père, Jean-François Gounod, peintre qui avait obtenu le second Grand Prix de Rome, meurt alors qu'il n'est encore qu'un enfant.
		Gounod consacre les dernières années de sa vie à la musique sacrée avec "La Rédemption " et " Mors et Vita ".
		Ainsi Gounod aura-t-il contribué à réorienter la musique française vers son propre génie : sa dilection pour la mesure et pour la clarté.
	www.gold-music.com /19848/Charles_Gounod.html (501 words)

	Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)
		Mais Gounod s'orientera ensuite vers le théâtre lyrique et écrira son premier opéra Sapho en 1851, avant de se marier l'année suivante avec Anna Zimmermann.
		Gounod va continuer durant toute sa vie à baigner dans un climat religieux, et il se met à signer ses lettres abbé Gounod, bien qu'il ne deviendra jamais prêtre.
		Charles Gounod est un compositeur que j'ai fraîchement découvert.
	perso.wanadoo.fr /garry.holding/music/autres/html/gounod.htm (581 words)

	Amazon.com: Music: Gounod - Faust / Hadley, Gasdia, Ramey, Mentzer, Agache, Fassbaender, WNO, Rizzi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gounod's "Faust," which premiered in 1859, is the oldest French opera to remain in the standard repertoire from that time to this.
		French opera composer Charles Gounod had a smash hit on his hands with his 1859 opera Faust.
		Gounod lavished the score with brilliant melody, drama and fiery intensity.
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	Charles GOUNOD : The Website !
		I preferred to privilege the speed of posting, and to allow those who do not necessarily have the last version of such or such navigator, or large power, to have a fair access to all the information and pagination of this site.
		I wish to thank Saint-Cloud's municipal Museum which's beautiful catalog published for the centenary of Gounod's death was most useful to me. I thank quite particularly my grandfather Jean-Pierre Gounod for his encouragements and for the numerous documents which he provided me with.
		Concerning this opera some of you wrote to me asking if Gounod was a freemason (Franc-Maçon).
	www.charles-gounod.com /vi/index.htm (327 words)

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