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The Nazis adopted Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. Happy Birthday hides a tale of corporate greed. And Putin uses Shostakovich’s Leningrad symphony as a call to arms. That’s why I put them in my soundtrack to ...

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Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, which includes the magnificent "Ode to Joy," premiered on May 7, 1824. We recently passed its bicentennial. The Ninth was greeted as a masterpiece from the outset and ...

The choral finale of Beethoven’s epic Symphony No. 9, composed in 1824, was a revolutionary moment that fundamentally transformed the culture of 19th-century Europe. Beethoven had for some time wanted ...

The night Ludwig van Beethoven's monumental Ninth Symphony rang out in a Vienna concert hall for the first time almost exactly two centuries ago, the great German composer was anxious for all to go ...

Joined by the NY Phil Chorus, the orchestra plays the finale of Beethoven’s Symphony No.9, “Ode to Joy” in the newly reopened David Geffen Hall. Behind the Scenes of the Reopening of David Geffen Hall ...

Who needs some joy in 2024? The South Bay Wind Ensemble is tuning up for “Beethoven Ode to Joy at 200” at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at the El Segundo Performing Arts Center. And if any year needs a ...

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony has been one of history’s most celebratory pieces of music throughout its history, since its premiere in Vienna in 1824. Perhaps most notable was when Leonard Bernstein ...

LUCERNE, Switzerland, June 15 (Reuters) - Dozens of Ukrainian refugees from choirs around Switzerland converged in the city of Lucerne on Saturday near a global summit to sing Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" ...