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Beethoven composed Ode to Joy, which became the main part of the fourth movement of his ninth symphony, including four independent parts, chorus and orchestra. Beethoven's music (excluding lyrics) has become the union song of the European Union and the national anthem of the European Council, and it has also been used as the melody of the national anthem "Raising the Voice of Rhodesia" of Rhodesia 1974- 1979.

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Creative background:

Ode to Joy is actually the last movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. The ninth symphony entered the writing stage in the autumn of 1822. But Beethoven spent almost half his life brewing and planning. It was not until the solemn mass was completed that the composer began to create this masterpiece that condensed his life's strength and belief.

In fact, Ode to Joy was originally a poem by Schiller, a German poet, with great momentum and high artistic conception. Beethoven himself is a loyal admirer of Schiller, and this ode to joy is also one of Beethoven's favorite poems. Schiller's desire for a free and equal life expressed in his poems is actually the highest ideal of Beethoven who has always yearned for the Republic. So the composer has been planning to turn this poem into a vocal work since he was young.