"Look, mon petit, I've bested you. Faust has made 20,000 francs this week and your Le Cid only 16,000...suicide's the only thing left for you now..." - joking with his friend Massenet
Key Works
1859
Opera,Faust
(later revised)
1864
Opera,Mireille
1872
Funeral March of a Marionette
1882
Oratorio,La Rédemption
1885
Petite Symphonie
for wind instruments
Oratorio,Mors et Vita
1889
Méditation sur le prélude de Bach
for soprano and instrumental accompaniment (popularly known as the 'Ave Maria')
