1818 - 1893 Person Name: Charles F. Gounod, 1818-1893 Topics: Affliction; Broken-hearted; Church Year Good Friday; Comfort and Encouragement; Conflict; Darkness; Doubt; Elements of Worship Gathering; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; Elements of Worship Prayer for Illumination; Enemies; God as Refuge; God's Light; Jesus Christ Parables of; Jesus Christ Way, Truth, and Life; Joy; Lament Individual; Mercy; Musical Instruments; New Creation; Occasional Services Funerals; Pain; People of God / Church Citizens of Heaven; People of God / Church Suffering; Prayer; Questioning; Rest; Sorrow; Truth; Year A, B, C, Easter, Easter vigil; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 30-November 5; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, June 19-25 (if after Trinity Sunday) Composer of "LUX FIAT " in Psalms for All Seasons Charles F. Gounod (b. Paris, France, 1818; d. St. Cloud, France, 1893) was taught initially by his pianist mother. Later he studied at the Paris Conservatory, won the "Grand Prix de Rome" in 1839, and continued his musical training in Vienna, Berlin, and Leipzig. Though probably most famous for his opera Faust (1859) and other instrumental music (including his Meditation sur le Prelude de Bach, to which someone added the Ave Maria text for soprano solo), Gounod also composed church music-four Masses, three Requiems, and a Magnificat. His smaller works for church use were published as Chants Sacres. When he lived in England (1870-1875), Gounod became familiar with British cathedral music and served as conductor of what later became the Royal Choral Society.
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Charles F. Gounod