Ode to Joy

"Ode to Joy" (German: "An die Freude" [an diː ˈfʁɔʏdə], first line: "Freude, schöner Götterfunken") is an ode written in the summer of 1785 by German poet, playwright and historian Friedrich Schiller and published the following year in Thalia. A slightly revised version appeared in 1808, changing two lines of the first and omitting the last stanza.

"Ode to Joy" is best known for its use by Ludwig van Beethoven in the final movement of his Ninth Symphony, which does not set the entire poem and reorders some sections (Beethoven's text is given in that article). Beethoven's tune (but not Schiller's words) was adopted as the Anthem of Europe by the Council of Europe in 1972, and subsequently the European Union.

The poem

Friedrich Schiller, who was enthusiastically celebrating the brotherhood and unity of all mankind, later made some small revisions to the poem when it was republished in 1803, and it was this latter version that forms the basis for Beethoven's famous setting. 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 an 1800 letter to his long-time friend and patron Christian Gottfried Körner (whose friendship had originally inspired him to write the ode).

Ode to Joy (album)

Ode to Joy is an album by Canadian indie rock band The Deadly Snakes, released in 2003 on In the Red Records.

Track listing

Personnel

  • Matt "Dog" Carlson - trumpet, harmonica, bass, guitar, vocals
  • Andre Ethier - vocals, guitar
  • Max "Age of Danger" McCabe-Lokos - piano, organ, vocals, percussion
  • Greg Cartwright - vocals, guitar
  • Andrew Gunn - drums
  • Jeremy Madsen - saxophone
  • Yuri Didrichsons - bass, guitar
  • David Cheppa - mastering
  • Peter Hudson - engineer, slide guitar
  • References


    Ode to Joy (disambiguation)

    "Ode to Joy" is a poem by Friedrich Schiller.

    Ode to Joy may also refer to:

  • The "Ode to Joy" theme, from Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th Symphony; best known setting of the poem
  • Ode to Joy, name of the Anthem of Europe; based on Beethoven's work
  • Ode to Joy (album), by Canadian indie rock band The Deadly Snakes
  • "Ode to Joy", episode title of the series finale of Beverly Hills, 90210
  • See also

  • To Joy (film), 1950 film by Ingmar Bergman
  • "The Hymn of Joy", a popular Christian hymn sung to Beethoven's melody
  • Podcasts:

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    Ode To Joy

    by: New London Chorale

    Joy, joy,
    when all the world is living in peace together,
    hope and peace and joy around the world,
    is only one small word of love away.
    Walk together and we will find,
    all our troubles are falling far behind.
    Hope and love and joy all around us,
    peace on earth will surround us.
    Freude schöner Götterfunken,
    Tochter aus Elysium.
    Wir betreten feuertrunken
    himmlische, dein Heiligtum.
    Deine Zauber binden wieder
    das die Mode streng geteilt;
    Alle Menschen werden Brüder
    wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt.
    Deine Zauber binden wieder
    das die Mode streng geteilt;
    Alle Menschen werden Brüder




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