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Musical ideas sprang to my mind like a flight of butterflies, and all I had to do was to stretch out my hand to catch them

Charles Gounod

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Charles Gounod
Age: 75 †
Born: 1818
Born: June 17
Died: 1893
Died: October 18
Classical Composer
Composer
Music Pedagogue
Musician
Musicologist
Organist
Paris
France
Charles François Gounod
Ch. Gounod
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