
A proclamation of universal human community: Beethoven's Ode to Joy
Written by Jenny Farrell
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Music
Jenny Farrell discusses Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, on the eve of the 250th anniversary of his birth Like few other composers, Beethoven expresses the will for freedom, the democratic longing of the people. His music is the continuation of the French Revolution through the means of art; his Ninth Symphony is…