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Charles Gounod

Charles Gounod

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A French composer best known for the opera Faust
  • proper noun
: Charles Gounod
  • Charles Gounod composed the opera 'Faust', which remains popular in theaters today.

Examples

  • Music students often study the works of Charles Gounod to understand Romantic-era composition.

  • The church choir performed a piece by Charles Gounod during the concert.

  • Charles Gounod is a famous composer.

  • I love Charles Gounod!

  • Charles Gounod is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of French opera, particularly known for his work 'Faust.'

  • Many opera enthusiasts are fascinated by the music of Charles Gounod, especially his arias and choruses.

  • The renowned composer Charles Gounod created several famous religious compositions in addition to his operas.

Surface Forms

Charles Gounod main

Morphology

Charles + Gounod

This is a referential proper name (a person's full name); the constituents 'Charles' and 'Gounod' do not compositionally convey the information 'French composer', so a B1 learner who only knows the parts would not infer the biographical meaning. Proper names generally do not encode occupation or biographical details across languages, making this expression non-compositional for learners.

Etymology

Charles Gounod belongs to a 19th-century French 'composer' who wrote the famous opera 'Faust' and later added a new melody to a short piano piece by Bach that became the popular 'Ave Maria'. So, Charles Gounod now refers to that composer and his well-known music.