Ode to Joy, also known as Ode an die Freude in German, is a poem written by German poet Schiller in 1785. Beethoven composed music for this purpose, which became the main part of the fourth movement of his ninth symphony, including four independent parts, chorus and orchestra. Beethoven's music (excluding lyrics) has become the union song of the European Union and the national anthem of the European Council, and it has also been used as the melody of the national anthem "Raising the Voice of Rhodesia" of Rhodesia 1974- 1979.
Music analysis
1, subject
First played by the bass cello, it gradually developed into stringed instruments and the whole band, and its intensity and rhythm became stronger and stronger, forming a huge torrent.
Step 2 change
After the theme variation, there was another storm-like sound, which attracted people to sing from the heart.
Step 3 chorus
The addition of chorus makes the whole music enter a sacred realm, and the thoughts and feelings are sublimated. All ugly things are ashamed under the light of thought. Through their own hard struggle, human beings are finally liberated, free and happy, and finally enter the sacred ideal world.