Beethoven's 9th Symphony
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A Beethoven's 9th Symphony is a choral symphony written by Ludwig van Beethoven.
References
2019
- (Wikipedia, 2019) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven) Retrieved:2019-11-3.
- The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, also known as Beethoven's 9th, is the final complete symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1822 and 1824. It was first performed in Vienna on 7 May 1824. One of the best-known works in common practice music, it is regarded by many critics and musicologists as one of Beethoven's greatest works and one of the supreme achievements in the history of western music. In the 2010s, it stands as one of the most performed symphonies in the world. [1] [2] The symphony was the first example of a major composer using voices in a symphony[3] (thus making it a choral symphony). The words are sung during the final (4th) movement of the symphony by four vocal soloists and a chorus. They were taken from the “Ode to Joy", a poem written by Friedrich Schiller in 1785 and revised in 1803, with text additions made by Beethoven. In 2001, Beethoven's original, hand-written manuscript of the score, held by the Berlin State Library, was added to the United Nations Memory of the World Programme Heritage list, becoming the first musical score so designated. [4]
- ↑ "Lansing Symphony Orchestra to perform joyful Beethoven’s 9th" by Ken Glickman, Lansing State Journal, 2 November 2016
- ↑ "Beethoven's Ninth: 'Ode to Joy'" , Great Falls Symphony, 2017/18 announcement
- ↑ Bonds, Mark Evan, "Symphony: II. The 19th century", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Second Edition (London: Macmillan, 2001), 29 vols. , 24:837.
- ↑ Memory of the World (2001) – Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No 9, D minor, Op. 125