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Franz Schubert Marche Militaire
Schubert: Marche Militaire
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
Ludwig van Beethoven
2.Which was the first symphony to use singers?
Mozarts Symphony #41
Beethovens 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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