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Bach is a colossus of Rhodes, beneath whom all musicians pass and will continue to pass. Mozart is the most beautiful, Rossini the most brilliant, but Bach is the most comprehensive: he has said all there is to say.
Charles Gounod
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Charles Gounod
Age: 75 †
Born: 1818
Born: June 17
Died: 1893
Died: October 18
Classical Composer
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Paris
France
Charles François Gounod
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