Charles Gounod was a French composer best known for his OPERA 'Faust', based on the play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Franz Liszt was a Hungarian composer and virtuoso pianist who wrote a symphonic poem based on the Faust legend. Ferruccio Busoni was an Italian composer, pianist, editor, writer, and teacher whose works include a piano concerto based on the Faust legend. Antonio BASSO was an Italian composer who wrote an OPERA based on the Faust legend. OPERA is a form of musical theatre in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score.