Joyful, Joyful! The Musical Significance of Beethoven's Ninth

Almost everyone is familiar with Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and the famous four note motif that represents fate knocking at door. His Third Symphony, or “The Heroic Symphony” was originally written for Napoleon Bonaparte, enjoyed great success helped shape future of classical music. However, Ninth which contains well-known tune “Ode to Joy” most drastically impacted music’s future. Beethoven a master taking simple ideas combining them past musical traditions create something extravagant new. This evident in his Symphony. In this work, did never done before when he added vocal soloists choir into last movement. symphony based on poem by Friedrich Schiller emphasized universal brotherhood unity. To express this, solo voices, consequently impacting music composers. conclusively bridged gap between romantic set standard composers through use choral finale combined traditions.