'''Charles Gounod''' (1818 - 1893) was a [[French]] composer .
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'''Charles Gounod''' (1818 - 1893) was a [[French]] composer, best known for his Ave Maria as well as his operas Faust (based on the play by [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]) and Roméo et Juliette (based on the [[William Shakespeare]] play). Gounod won the Prix de Rome in 1839 for his cantata Ferdinand.