FINALE FROM FAUST

Charles-Fran'ois Gounod (1818'1893) was a French composer, best known for his Ave Maria. He wrote a total of 12 Grand Operas, including Rom'o et Juliette and his most popular opera Faust. Highly respected by his contemporaries, Camille Saint-Sa'ns played the organ at his funeral, with Gabriel Faur' conducting the orchestra. Born in Paris, the son of a pianist mother and an artist father. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire and later in Rome, where he concentrated his studies on sixteen-century sacred works. He seriously considered becoming a priest, but shortly before taking his holy orders returned his focus back on composition. In 1854 Gounod completed a Messe Solennelle, (St. Cecilia Mass), this work was first performed in its entirety in the church of St. Eustache in Paris on Saint Cecilia's Day 1855 Gounod's fame as a composer dates from that occasion. Between 1870 to 1874 Gounod lived at 17 Morden Road, Blackheath, South East London, where an official blue plaque has been

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