postcard. 489. GOUNOD, French music composer, born in Paris in 1818. After winning the grand prize for musical composition in 1839, he stayed in Italy where, dominated by the words of Father Lacordaire, he thought, for a moment, of entering in orders., A solemn mass sung at Saint-Eustache in 1849 began his reputation, and in 1852 he became director of the orpheon of the city of Paris., We owe him lyrical dramas, symphonies, cantatas and especially operas, some of which have remained the most popular. He died in 1893., Among many works, we can mention: Faust, Mireille, Philemon and Baucis

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