Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D minor: Ode To Joy

[Yavin4]

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. One of my big time favorite pieces.......thank you, my dear Yavin4! n/t

[Trajan]

2. One of the world's greatest works of art ...

I still get goosebumps during the choral double fugue in the Fourth Movement ... Absolutely breathtaking ...

[AwakeAtLast]

3. One of my greatest memories

Is singing in the last movement. In German. Goosebumps doesn't begin to describe the feeling.

I also sang the Soprano part in his Choral Fantasy, another favorite.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

4. I like this one better:

Symphony Number 6 -Pastoral

And this one: Symphony Number 7:

[CBGLuthier]

9. Second movement of the 7th is my favorite.

It also has been in a surprising amount of movies. The King's Speech recently along with a few others around that time and the other day I saw an older Henry Fonda movie, The Long Night that used the themes to create an original score.

As for the ninth it is that rare work that I prefer best from beginning to end.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

10. I like the 6th, 7th and 8th Symphonies. nt

[markpkessinger]

5. Music historians have a marvelous German word . . .

. . . for some of Beethoven's simple, yet elegantly soaring, noble-sounding themes, which somehow seem to embody all the pathos and yearning of the human struggle since the dawn of time. The word is, "Humanitätsmelodie," or humanity's melody. The "Ode to Joy" theme from the Ninth Symphony is generally considered to be the quintessential example of the concept.

[BeyondGeography]

6. This time of year there are mass performances of the 9th in Japan

aka, the Daiku, or Big Nine:

[aidbo]

8. 大九。:)

[aidbo]

7. It always gives me the feels.

[gadget]

11. finest composition

you don't get composers like him these days

[Katashi_itto]

12. My favorite version from "ClockWork Orange"

[Le Taz Hot]

13. 4th Movement, specifically.

First symphony to have a choir.