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Which instrument did Giuseppe Verdi play in his village church when he was young?
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Giuseppe Verdi
Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi was known for operas such as Rigoletto (1851).
When Giuseppe Verdi was young, he served as the organist in his village church, a role he began filling for his teacher by the age of nine.1
Before achieving this, he had been given lessons from his fourth year and was provided with a spinet to aid his musical development.1