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Beethoven “ removed all the most obvious references that mark the Ode to Joy as a glorified drinking song, while preserving a series of powerful and direct images with universal social connotations.” (Kindermann).

Of those, Beethoven selected and re-ordered 36 lines. Beethoven used the 1803 version that had 16 stanzas and 96 lines.A second, shorter version published in 1803. An die Freude ( Ode to Joy) first published in 1785.Collaborated with Goethe to create a literary period now called Weimar Classicism.LATE PERIOD (1815-1827) – Symphony #9, Grosse Fugue, Diabelli Variations, Missa Solemnis, last three Piano Sonatas.įRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER (1759-1805) AND HIS POEM AN DIE FREUDE:.HEROIC PERIOD (1803-1815) – Romantic works, Symphonies # 3-8, Piano Concerti # 4 & 5, Violin Concerto.VIENNESE PERIOD (1790-1802) – Classical works, Symphonies # 1 and 2, Piano Concerti # 1-3.“ Beethoven’s Ninth, without argument, is the single most influential piece of European music written in the nineteenth century, and the most influential symphony ever composed.” (Greenberg)
