On this day in music history - Symphony No. 9, by Ludwig van Beethoven (1824):

Symphony No. 9,

by Ludwig van Beethoven,

was first performed in Vienna on May 7, 1824.
Choral symphony in four movements.
Opus 125, in D minor.
Composed: 1822–1824.
Ode to Joy, based on the 1785 text by Friedrich Schiller.