French composer of Faust and Roméo et Juliette (6)

I believe the answer is:

gounod

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'french composer' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for gounod that I've seen before include "Composer of opera ''Faust''" , "French composer, Charles Francois (1818-93)" .)

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