What is the European Union song?

June 65438+February 65438+February 2003, the EU Summit opened in Brussels. In July 2003, the plenary session of the Preparatory Committee for the Constitution of the European Union reached an agreement on the EU flag, national anthem, inscription and celebration day.

According to the draft constitution, the flag of the European Union is still in the blue background and the pattern of 12 yellow stars (these 12 stars do not represent the country of 12, but represent the protection of the Virgin Mary). The song of the Union is an ode to joy in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (no language problems are guaranteed, only the tune has no lyrics), and the inscription is "pluralism".

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Ode to Joy was 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 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 "Raise the Voice of Rhodesia" of Rhodesia 1974- 1979.

Schiller's A Dead Man was first written in 1785, and was included in Talia magazine 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.

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Baidu encyclopedia-EU