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Georges Bizet "Farandole" from the L'Arlésienne Suite #2
Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suite
Firsts for the New Year
A collection of musical firsts, including the first string quartet, the first use of trombones in a symphony, and the first professional musician to make a recording.
1. Who is known as the father of the symphony?
Johann Sebastian Bach
Franz Joseph Haydn
Felix Mendelssohn
Antonio Vivaldi
2.Which was the first symphony to use singers?
Mozart's Symphony #41
Beethoven's Symphony #9
Brahms' Symphony #4
3. What did Jean Baptiste Lully use to conduct?
a thin, wandlike stick
his hands
a long pole
a flag
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