Ugh \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you hate it when you get a song stuck in your head for some unknown reason? With no logical explanation it just pops into action and you unwillingly find yourself humming a tune. Today that tune is Ode to Joy part of Beethoven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 9th symphony.\u00c2\u00a0 Even now it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s running rampant through my mind. So I figure if I give it a voice and tell you all about it the lambs will stop crying or in this case the song will stop playing. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s worth a try.<\/p>\n
Beethoven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 9th \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Symphony No. 9 in D minor, OP. 125 was Beethoven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s final complete symphony, completed in 1824. The symphony was the first example of a major composer using voices in a symphony. The words are sung during the final movement by four vocal soloists and a chorus. They were taken from the “Ode to Joy<\/a>“, a poem written by Friedrich Schiller<\/a> in 1785 and revised in 1803. The Philharmonic Society of London<\/a> originally commissioned the symphony in 1817. Beethoven started the work in 1818 and finished early in 1824. However, both the words and notes of the symphony have sources dating from earlier in Beethoven’s career.<\/p>\n