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Gounod was born in Paris and learned music with his mother as a child. He entered the Paris Conservatoire where he studied under Fromental Halévy . He won the Prix de Rome in 1839 for his cantata Ferdinand. He subsequently went to Italy where he studied the music of Palestrina.

Gounod wrote his first opera in 1851, but had no great success until Faust (1859), based on the play by Goethe. This remains his best known work, although the opera Romeo et Juliette (based on the ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare born April 1564; baptised April 26, 1564; died April 23, 1616 ( O. May 3, 1616 ( N. has a reputation as the greatest writer the English language has ever known. Indeed, the English Renaissance has often been called "the age of Shakespe playRomeo y Julieta is also a brand of Cuban cigars. Romeo & Juliet is also a quest episode in the RuneScape. Romeo and Juliet is a famous play by William Shakespeare concerning the fate of two young star-crossed lovers. It was probably first performed on Jan), premiered in 1867, is also performed and recorded regularly. Later in his life, Gounod wrote mainly religiousReligion sometimes used interchangeably with faith, is commonly defined as belief concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the practices and institutions associated with such belief. Borobudur, a Buddhist stupa built between 750 and 850 Adriaen music, including the song Ave Maria, which was based on the first prelude from Book I of the Well-Tempered ClavierThe Well-Tempered Clavier Das wohltemperierte Klavier in German "Klavier" means "piano", but the English word " clavier" (which means keyboard) looks more like the German title) consists of two books of preludes and fugues in all 24 keys. Johann Sebastian by J.S. Bach.

Gounod died in 1893 in Saint-CloudSaint-Cloud is a town located in the vicinity of Paris, France, in the Hauts-de-Seine, departement and the Ile-de-France, region''. As of the 1999 census, the population of the town is 28,157. History The town is named after Clodoald, great-son of Clovis, in France.