Rainbow Beethoven Lyrics:
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

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manon lescaut
oberto
otello
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simon boccanegra
stiffelio
symphony no.9
il tabarro
tosca
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BEETHOVEN'S NINTH SYMPHONY

Friedrich von Schiller's
Ode to Joy in
Beethoven's setting for
four soloists, chorus
and orchestra has taken
on a special meaning as
a fanfare for
peace, tolerance and
liberty all over the world.

Beethoven's drafts for
his opus 125 - the last
in the cycle of
symphonies - date back
to the year 1815 or
1816. For decades he had
been wanting to
set Schiller's hymn to
music, but it was only
after the first three
movements of the
9th Symphony were
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almost completed that he
decided to compose a
choral finale
for the last movement
based on parts of the poem.

In the conventions of
the 1820s it was nothing
less than
revolutionary to end a
symphony in this manner
- and at just over an
hour the work
was also unusually
long. At its first
performance, in Vienna
on May 7, 1824, the
audience was typically
enthusiastic, while the
critics, as so often
before, found the
composer's unique
ideas too novel and daring.

Beethoven himself could
not hear the clamour and
the shouts of
'Bravo', as he was
completely deaf by this time.

AN DIE FREUDE - ODE TO JOY

O Freunde, nicht diese T鰊e!
Sondern lasst uns
angenehmere anstimmen
und freudenvollere!

Freude, sch鰊er G鰐terfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken.
Himmlische, dein Heiligtum!
Deine Zauber binden wieder
Was die Mode streng geteilt;
Alle Menschen werden Br黡er
Wo dein sanfter Fl黦el weilt.

Wem der grosse Wurf gelungen
Eines Freundes Freund zu sein,
Wer ein holdes Weib errungen,
Mische seinen Jubel ein!
Ja, wer auch nur eine Seele
Sein nennt auf dem Erdenrund!
Und wer's nie gekonnt, der stehle
Weinend sich aus diesem Bund.

Freude trinken alle Wesen
An den Br黶ten der Natur;
Alle Guten, alle B鰏en,
Folgen ihrer Rosenspur.
K黶se gab sie uns und Reben,
Einen Freund, gepr黤t im Tod;
Wollust ward dem Wurm gegeben,
Und der Cherub steht vor Gott!

Froh, wie seine Sonnen fliegen
Durch des Himmels pr鋍ht'gen Plan,
Laufet, Br黡er, eure Bahn,
Freudig, wie ein Held zum Siegen.

Seid umschlungen, Millionen.
Dieser Kuss der ganzen Welt!
Br黡er! 躡er'm Sternenzelt
Muss ein lieber Vater wohnen.
Ihr st黵zt nieder, Millionen?
Ahnest du den Sch鰌fer, Welt?
Such ihn 黚er'm Sternenzelt!
躡er Sternen muss er wohnen.

(the four-line verse is
the 'alla marcia'
section: the tenor
solo)

text anne lawson

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