Romanticism · France
1818 – 1893
Paris - Saint-Cloud
Review
He won the Rome Prize in 1839, for a time he thought of becoming a priest and never stopped writing religious music.
His opera Faust (1859) became one of the most represented in the world. His Hail Mary, a melody superimposed on the first prelude of Bach's well-tempered Key, is one of the most popular pieces of all time.
Main works
- Solemn Mass of St. Cecilia (1855)
- Opera Faust (1859)
- Ave Maria, on a prelude of Bach (1859)
- Opera Mireille (1864)
- Opera Roméo et Juliette (1867)
- A puppet's funeral march (1872)
- Petite symphonie for winds (1885)
