Even anyone who avoids classical music will instantly recognize the "Ode to Joy". Today, this complex masterpiece is an anthem of Europe. Before that, it was birthday music for Hitler. It all started ...

Move over Lewis Capaldi, Dua Lipa, and even Billie Eilish. The current chart-topper in the UK is Beethoven's "Ode to Joy". And it's all down to Brexit. The UK is mere hours away from Brexit. On Jan.

The choral finale of Beethoven’s epic Symphony No. 9, composed in 1824, was a revolutionary moment that fundamentally transformed the culture of 19th-century Europe. Beethoven had for some time wanted ...

Ludwig van Beethoven’s ninth and final symphony was first performed on May 7th 1824 at Kärntnertor Theatre in Vienna. By then deaf, the composer took to the stage for the first time in 12 years to ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Becky, a reader who recommended a Yeats poem for our roundup of ...

The Nazis adopted Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. Happy Birthday hides a tale of corporate greed. And Putin uses Shostakovich’s Leningrad symphony as a call to arms. That’s why I put them in my soundtrack to ...

LUCERNE, Switzerland, June 15 (Reuters) - Dozens of Ukrainian refugees from choirs around Switzerland converged in the city of Lucerne on Saturday near a global summit to sing Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. 2024 marks 200 years since Beethoven premiered his Ninth Symphony with its mighty ...

British opposition leader Keir Starmer has picked a piece of classical music that best epitomises his Labour Party, and it's likely to raise eyebrows. Asked in a radio interview which classical piece ...

Two songs were vying for the top spot in the UK’s music charts last month. Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, also the EU’s “Anthem for Europe”, and 17 Million Fuck Offs, by pro-Brexit comedian, writer and ...