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Ode to Joy
"To Joy" (An die Freude in German, in English often familiarly called the Ode to Joy rather than To Joy) is an ode written in 1785 by the German poet and historian Friedrich Schiller, known especially for its musical setting by Ludwig van Beethoven in the fourth and final movement of his Ninth Symphony, for four solo voices, chorus, and orchestra. Beethoven's musical interpretation has become, without text, the anthem of the European Union.
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