publication date: Saturday, December 17, 2016 (part of Winter 2017)

category: Music

clue: This Austrian composer of chamber music was the father of the symphony and the brother of Michael, but for the love of God, he was not Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

intended difficulty: easy

do-over: This was a "do-over" goo, inspired by incorrect guesses for a previous goo.

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, and Jesse King

trivia: This goo was inspired by five incorrect guesses for the previous week's goo of Mozart, four for Joseph Haydn and one for Michael Haydn.


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