Ode to Joy

E28858

anthem choral work finale movement

"Ode to Joy" is the famous choral finale of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, widely recognized as a universal anthem of unity and brotherhood and used as the official anthem of the European Union.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Ode to Joy canonical	7
Ode to Joy theme	2
Anthem of Europe	1
Freude, schöner Götterfunken	1
IV. Finale (Ode to Joy)	1
Ode an die Freude	1
UEFA Champions League Anthem	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anthem ⓘ choral work ⓘ finale movement ⓘ
adoptedAsEUAanthemBy	Council of Europe ⓘ
adoptedAsEUAanthemYear	1972 ⓘ
adoptedAsEUanthemBy	European Union ⓘ
adoptedAsEUanthemYear	1985 ⓘ
associatedWith	European integration ⓘ human rights ⓘ
basedOn	Ode to Joy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ode an die Freude
composer	Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate	1824-05-07 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace	Theater am Kärntnertor, Vienna ⓘ
genre	choral symphony movement ⓘ classical music ⓘ
influenced	later symphonic choral works ⓘ
key	D major ⓘ
language	German ⓘ
melodyBy	Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
movementNumber	4 ⓘ
notableArrangementBy	Herbert von Karajan ⓘ
openingWords	Freude, schöner Götterfunken ⓘ
orchestration	mixed chorus ⓘ orchestra ⓘ vocal soloists ⓘ
partOf	Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 ⓘ surface form: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 ⓘ
performedAt	Olympic Games opening ceremony television production ⓘ surface form: Olympic Games opening ceremonies fall of the Berlin Wall celebrations ⓘ
recognition	one of the most famous melodies in Western music ⓘ
recordedBy	Berlin Philharmonic ⓘ surface form: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna Philharmonic ⓘ surface form: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
style	late Classical ⓘ
tempoIndication	Allegro assai ⓘ
textAuthor	Friedrich Schiller ⓘ
textSource	Friedrich Schiller’s poem "An die Freude" ⓘ
theme	human brotherhood ⓘ peace ⓘ unity ⓘ
timeSignature	4/4 ⓘ
use	anthem of the Council of Europe ⓘ official anthem of the European Union ⓘ symbol of European unity ⓘ universal anthem of brotherhood ⓘ
yearComposed	1824 ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European Union → hasAnthem → Ode to Joy ⓘ

UEFA Champions League → anthem → Ode to Joy ⓘ

this entity surface form: UEFA Champions League Anthem

United in diversity → associatedWith → Ode to Joy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anthem of Europe

Ode to Joy → basedOn → Ode to Joy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ode an die Freude

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 → textSource → Ode to Joy ⓘ

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 → notableSection → Ode to Joy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ode to Joy theme

Europe Day → featuresSymbol → Ode to Joy ⓘ

Friedrich Schiller’s poem "An die Freude" → translatedTitle → Ode to Joy ⓘ

subject surface form: An die Freude

Friedrich Schiller’s poem "An die Freude" → firstLine → Ode to Joy ⓘ

subject surface form: An die Freude

this entity surface form: Freude, schöner Götterfunken

Choral Symphony → textTitle → Ode to Joy ⓘ

An die Freude → titleTranslation → Ode to Joy ⓘ

An die Freude → associatedMelody → Ode to Joy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ode to Joy theme

III. Adagio molto e cantabile → precedes → Ode to Joy ⓘ

this entity surface form: IV. Finale (Ode to Joy)

Beethoven Frieze → depicts → Ode to Joy ⓘ