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.
Schiller's A Dead Man was first written in 1785, and was included in the magazine Talia published the following year? This poem is written by the Economic Association. Schiller revised A Dead Froude in 1803, and deleted some words. The lyrics used by Beethoven in the fourth movement of the Ninth Symphony are adapted from Schiller's 1803 version of An die Freude.