Classical
Earliest
Earliest adjective - Coming before all others in time or order.
Both words in one sentence
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After having played supporting roles in classical plays in the very earliest days of television (circa 1937), Garson was cast by MGM in the leading part of Kathie in Goodbye, Mr. Chips.
Source: Creator / Greer Garson -
Dr. Rotwang's laboratory in Metropolis (1927) is perhaps the earliest example of the trope on film, and features all the necessary paraphernalia, along with large pentagrams to tie him to the classical magician/alchemist archetypes.
Source: Mad Scientist Laboratory - Kenji Sawada (Earliest works had a few singles like this, and in the late eighties/early nineties included a lot of string sections mixed in, often drawing from classical melodies)
Source: Baroque Pop
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