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Podcast: MusicBasics4Keyboard
Episode: Ten Ways to Play Ode to Joy
Description: "Ode to Joy" is best known for its use by Ludwig van Beethoven in the final (fourth) movement of his Ninth Symphony, completed in 1824. Beethoven's text is not based entirely on Schiller's poem, and it introduces a few new sections. Beethoven in this imposing work transcends the usual concept of this symphony as an abstract orchestral composition by adding a text (Schiller's “Ode to Joy”) with soloists, quartet, and chorus in the fourth movement. Ode to Joy is a song with a tempo of 144 BPM. It can also be used half-time at 72 BPM or double-time at 288 BPM. The track runs 2...