Charles Gounod

Charles Gounod (1818–1893) was a composer from Paris, best known for the opera Faust. Melody you can play here: Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod).

His Ave Maria (1853) lays a new melody over the first prelude of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. He wrote twelve operas, including Roméo et Juliette, and a great deal of church music.

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