Music box Ode to joy

Music box Ode to joy ode to joy music box.

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Oh Yes "To RA dosti" (it. An die Freude) — an ode written in 1785 by Friedrich Schiller for the Masonic Lodge.
Ludwig van Beethoven put the modified text to music in 1793, and it was also included in the composer's 9th Symphony
and later it was repeatedly put to music by different composers.
The most famous music composed for this ode in 1823 by Beethoven and included in the famous 9th Symphony.

In 1972, it was adopted as the official anthem of the Council of Europe, and since 1985-of the European communities (European Union since 1993).

In 1974, the national anthem of southern Rhodesia "Sound louder, voices of Rhodesia" was adopted based on this tune». There are also other lesser known musical works based on Schiller's poems:

1815-song by Franz Schubert,
1865-cantata P. And. The Russian text is based on translations of the works of Tchaikovsky.. Aksakov, In. Biophysicist and M. Dmitrieva[2],
1882-cantata by Pietro Mascagni, Italian translation A. Maffei.

In 1972 the Ode to joy was adopted as the official anthem of the Council of Europe arranged by Herbert von Karajan.