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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

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.