Ode to Joy 32-key harmonium score:

3 3 4 5 | 5 4 3 2 | 1 1 2 3 | 3 . 2 2 - |3 3 4 5 | 5 4 3 2 | 1 1 2 3 | 2 . 1 1 - |2 2 3 1 | 2 3 4 3 1 | 2 3 4 3 1 | 1 2 5 - |3 .3 4 5 | 5 4 3 2 | 1 1 2 3 | 2 .1 1 - ||

"Ode to Joy", also known as "Ode to Joy" (Ode an die Freude in German), is a poem written by the German poet Schiller in 1785. Beethoven composed it and it became the main part of the fourth movement of his Ninth Symphony, which includes four independent parts, chorus and orchestra.

This music (without text) composed by Beethoven has become the anthem of the European Union and the anthem of the Council of Europe. It was also used as the national anthem of Rhodesia from 1974 to 1979. The melody of "Voice of Rhodesia".

Creative background:

The work was created approximately between 1819 and 1824. It is the pinnacle and summary of Beethoven's entire music creation career.

Schiller's "Ode to Joy" is best known as Beethoven's Ninth (Chorus) Symphony. When Beethoven was 22 years old (1792), he had the idea of ????composing this long poem to music. However, when he completed the Ninth Symphony at the age of 53 (1823), he only selected the first and second stanzas of the poem. The first half of the stanza, the third stanza and the second half of the fourth stanza serve as the lyrics of the final movement.

"Ode to Joy" is actually the final movement of "Beethoven's Ninth Symphony". The Ninth Symphony began to be composed in the autumn of 1822. But Beethoven spent almost half his life brewing and planning. It was not until after the completion of the "Missa Solemnis" that the composer began to compose this grand work that embodies his life's strength and belief.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia—Ode to Joy