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[[Image:Charles Gounod.jpg|thumb|Charles Gounod]]
'''Charles-François Gounod''' (Paris, France, 1818 - Saint-Coud, France, 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). In 1839, Gounod won the Grand Prix de Rome for his cantata ''Ferdinand''. 

He was a major influence on the French composers [[Georges Bizet]], [[Gabriel Faure]] and [[Jules Massenet]], and was admired by [[Maurice Ravel]].


== See also ==

*[[Claude Debussy]]
*[[Hector Berlioz]]
*[[Camille Saint-Saens]]
*[[Music theory]]

== External links ==

*[http://www.classiccat.net/gounod_c/biography.htm Charles Gounod]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE74-G_o6DY Performance of Ave Maria]
*[http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Gounod-Charles.htm Charles Gounod (Composer, Arranger)]
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06683b.htm Charles-François Gounod] Catholic Encyclopedia. 

[[Category:Composers|Gounod, Charles]]