Beethoven was the first to include trombones in symphonic music, introducing them to great dramatic effect in the last movement of his Fifth Symphony (1808).
He dropped out of school after fifth grade, became involved with the unschooling movement, started a business, worked in politics, and lived in France.
Mahler's Fifth Symphony is another work that conquers death, moving from the funeral march of its opening movement to the unstoppable counterpoint of its finale.
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