Music Set #199 - Beethoven - Symphony No.9

Ludwig van Beethoven 

(1770 – 1827)

  

Symphony no. 9  
- aka "Beethoven's Ninth" / "Choral" /《合唱》

* Mvt 1 - Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso - digital

* Mvt 2 - Scherzo: Molto vivace – Presto - digital

* Mvt 3 - Adagio molto e cantabile - digital

* Mvt.4 - Part 1   Part  2 - Recitative etc. - digital

Totaling about 74 minutes:
  
One shorter version, totaling 18 minutes:
* A huge choir - 10,000 singers

'Ode To Joy' scene from the Immortal Beloved movie.  

Beethoven, deaf, did not hear the audience applause, 

but was absorbed in recalling his hostile father, 

who used to beat the hell out of him.

   

The European Union

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Bonus:

* On wine glasses!

* The Muppets!     
* flashmob for Bank Sabadell

* The European Union anthem  

Kosovo and Rhodesia also adopted it as their national anthems!!