Composer Charles Gounod

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Charles Gounod

Living place: France

Birthday: 17-6-1818

Global rank: #65633

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Who is Composer Charles Gounod?
19th century French composer known for "Ave Maria" and "Faust", an opera. The opera "Roméo et Juliette" was little known, but still occasionally performed by successive generations of opera companies.
He also made history by becoming the first conductor of the Royal Society choir.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He was the winner of the 1839 Prix de Rome after studying at the Paris Conservatory. He was trained by the quarter Fromal Halévy.

Family life info

His mother was a pianist and his father was an artist. He was married to the daughter of a mentor Pierre Zimmerman.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Composer Charles Gounod?
His "Funeral March of a Puppet" was used as the soundtrack for "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," a long-running TV anthology hosted by the legendary filmmaker himself.

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When was Composer Charles Gounod born?
Charles Gounod was born in 17-6-1818, death year is , at the age of 206.
Where is Composer Charles Gounod's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Charles Gounod was born in France. is a Composer, whose Zodiac is Gemini, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Tiger. Charles Gounod's global rank is 65633 and whose rank is 570 in list of famous Composer.
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Events in 1818 and 17-6

Birthday Charles Gounod (17-6) in history

  • Day 17-6 year 1775: The Battle of Bunker Hill took place during the siege of Boston at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War.
  • Day 17-6 year 1885: The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere.
  • Day 17-6 year 1928: Amelia Earhart embarked on the first trans-Atlantic flight by a woman.
  • Day 17-6 year 1944: The Republic of Iceland was established.
  • Day 17-6 year 1963: U.S. Supreme Court ruled that no locality may require recitation of Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools.
  • Day 17-6 year 1972: Burglary of Democratic Party headquarters in Washington, DC, started the Watergate political scandal.
  • Day 17-6 year 1994: O. J. Simpson's slow-speed chase by the police, watched by millions on TV, ended in his arrest.
  • Day 17-6 year 2002: Australian scientists announced that they had "teleported" a laser beam—breaking it up and reconstructing it in another location.
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