Ode to Joy
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| "What is that I hear, that note of urgency of indignation, of spiritual hunger? Yes, it's [[Ode to Joy|Beethoven]] it's the sound of the [[European man]] once more reaching for something beyond his grasp. Oh [[freedom]], freedom, come to us again. This cry has echoed through the all the countless [[Age of Revolution|revolutionary movements of the last century]]. They suffered from the most terrible of all illusions, they believed themselves to be virtuous, and in the end were destroyed by the evil beings they had brought into existence." --''[[Civilisation (TV series)|Civilisation]]'' (1969) by Kenneth Clark voice-over | "What is that I hear, that note of urgency of indignation, of spiritual hunger? Yes, it's [[Ode to Joy|Beethoven]] it's the sound of the [[European man]] once more reaching for something beyond his grasp. Oh [[freedom]], freedom, come to us again. This cry has echoed through the all the countless [[Age of Revolution|revolutionary movements of the last century]]. They suffered from the most terrible of all illusions, they believed themselves to be virtuous, and in the end were destroyed by the evil beings they had brought into existence." --''[[Civilisation (TV series)|Civilisation]]'' (1969) by Kenneth Clark voice-over | ||
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| - | "'''Ode to Joy'''" is an [[ode]] written in [[1785 in literature|1785]] by German poet, playwright and historian, [[Friedrich Schiller]], who was enthusiastically celebrating the [[brotherhood]] and [[unity]] of all mankind. Despite the lasting popularity of the ode, Schiller himself regarded it as a failure later in his life, going so far as calling it "detached from reality" and "of value maybe for us two, but not for the world, nor for the art of poetry" in a letter to his long-time friend and patron [[Christian Gottfried Körner|Körner]] (whose friendship had originally inspired him to write the ode) that he wrote in the year 1800. | + | "'''Ode to Joy'''" (1786) is an [[ode]] by German poet [[Friedrich Schiller]], who was enthusiastically celebrating the [[brotherhood]] and [[unity]] of all [[mankind]]. |
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| - | To the extent the foregoing account is true, it may be due to Schiller's having changed a key word out of fear. "Leonard Bernstein reminded his audiences, the poem was originally an 'Ode to Freedom' and the word 'Joy' (Freude instead of Freiheit, added to the third pillar, Freundschaft) came as a substitute for the more overtly political theme." | + | |
| The ode is best known for its musical setting by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] in the final movement of his [[Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)|Ninth Symphony]] (completed in 1824), a [[choral symphony]] for orchestra, four solo voices and choir. | The ode is best known for its musical setting by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] in the final movement of his [[Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)|Ninth Symphony]] (completed in 1824), a [[choral symphony]] for orchestra, four solo voices and choir. | ||
| - | The Beethoven setting was adopted as the [[Anthem of Europe]] by the [[Council of Europe]] in 1972 and the then [[European Community]]—since 1993 the [[European Union]]—in 1985; the tune was used for the [[Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia|national anthem of Rhodesia]]. It has been used in a number of other contexts: notably in [[The Beatles]] second film, ''[[Help! (film)|HELP!]]'', [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s 1971 film ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'' and in the [[Die Hard (franchise)|''Die Hard'' film franchise]], as well as the anime series [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]] and subsequent remake, [[Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo]]. In 1996, it became the theme song for [[Triple H]] in the [[World Wrestling Federation]] until early 1998. It is the basic melody for the hymn "[[Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee]]" as well as for the songs "A Song of Joy" by [[Miguel Ríos]], and "[[Road to Joy (Bright Eyes song)|Road to Joy]]" by [[Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes]]. Since 2005 it is the [[Copa Libertadores]] official anthem.{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}} | + | The Beethoven setting was adopted as the [[Anthem of Europe]] by the [[Council of Europe]] in 1972 and the then [[European Community]]—since 1993 the [[European Union]]—in 1985. |
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| - | Other musical settings of the poem include: | + | |
| - | *[[Christian Gottfried Körner]] (1786) | ||
| - | *[[Carl Friedrich Zelter]] (1792), for choir and accompaniment, later rewritten for different instrumentations. | ||
| - | *[[Johann Friedrich Reichardt]] (1796) | ||
| - | *[[Ludwig-Wilhelm Tepper de Ferguson]] (1796) | ||
| - | *[[Dalberg|Johann Friedrich Hugo von Dalberg]] (1799) | ||
| - | *[[Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg]] (1803) | ||
| - | *[[Franz Schubert]]'s song "An die Freude" D 189 (1815), for voice and piano | ||
| - | *[[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] (1865), for solo singers, choir and orchestra in a Russian translation | ||
| - | *[[Pietro Mascagni]] cantata "Alla gioia" (1882), Italian text by [[Andrea Maffei]] | ||
| - | *"[[Seid umschlungen, Millionen!]]" (1892), waltz by Johann Strauss II | ||
| - | *[[Z. Randall Stroope]] (2002), for choir and [[four-hand piano]] | ||
| - | *[[Victoria Poleva]] (2009), for soprano, mixed choir and symphony orchestra | ||
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"What is that I hear, that note of urgency of indignation, of spiritual hunger? Yes, it's Beethoven it's the sound of the European man once more reaching for something beyond his grasp. Oh freedom, freedom, come to us again. This cry has echoed through the all the countless revolutionary movements of the last century. They suffered from the most terrible of all illusions, they believed themselves to be virtuous, and in the end were destroyed by the evil beings they had brought into existence." --Civilisation (1969) by Kenneth Clark voice-over Alle Menschen werden Brüder All men will become brothers |
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"Ode to Joy" (1786) is an ode by German poet Friedrich Schiller, who was enthusiastically celebrating the brotherhood and unity of all mankind.
The ode is best known for its musical setting by Ludwig van Beethoven in the final movement of his Ninth Symphony (completed in 1824), a choral symphony for orchestra, four solo voices and choir.
The Beethoven setting was adopted as the Anthem of Europe by the Council of Europe in 1972 and the then European Community—since 1993 the European Union—in 1985.
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