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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

On this day in music history - Symphony No. 9, by Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)


Symphony No. 9

by Ludwig van Beethoven

May 7, 1824.


Symphony No. 9,

by Ludwig van Beethoven,

was first performed in Vienna on May 7, 1824.


Choral symphony in four movements.

Opus 125, in D minor.

Composed: 1822–1824.

Ode to Joy is based on the 1785 text by Friedrich Schiller.