For his Ninth and final symphony, Beethoven wove the themes of the Enlightenment into his work. He finally saw a chance to use Friedrich Schiller's "Ode to Joy" -- Beethoven had long wanted to set the ...

The New Mexico Philharmonic to perform “The Greatest: Beethoven’s 9th” on Saturday, Feb. 11. (Courtesy of the New Mexico Philharmonic) Beethoven's nearly 200-year-old Symphony No. 9 in D minor remains ...

The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, by Ludwig Van Beethoven is a familiar theme to classical music fans that was used in the close of a daily network newscast in the 1950s and 1960s. Beethoven ...

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Although the Fifth Symphony is considered one of Beethoven's greatest musical works, at the time of its premiere the composer's contemporaries were still smitten with his Third Symphony (the "Eroica") ...

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