CHARLES GOUNOD
Charles Gounod.CHARLES GOUNOD
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCES
WITH FAMILY LETTERS AND
NOTES ON MUSIC
FROM THE FRENCH BY
THE HON. W. HELY HUTCHINSON
LONDON
WILLIAM HEINEMANN
1896
[All rights reserved]
Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
At the Ballantyne Press
CONTENTS
| Charles Gounod— | ||
| PAGE | ||
| I. | CHILDHOOD | 1 |
| II. | ITALY | 54 |
| III. | GERMANY | 110 |
| IV. | HOME AGAIN | 127 |
| Later Letters of Charles Gounod | 173 | |
| Berlioz | 195 | |
| M. Camille Saint-Saëns and His Opera "HENRI VIII." | 209 | |
| Nature and Art | 225 | |
| The Academy of France at Rome | 239 | |
| The Artist and Modern Society | 253 | |
INTRODUCTION
The following pages contain the story of the most important events ofmy artistic life, of the mark left by them on my personal existence, oftheir influence on my career, and of the thoughts they have suggested tomy mind.
I do not desire to make any capital out of whatever public interest mayattach to my own person. But I believe the clear and si
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