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 | | To Joy (An die Freude in German) is an ode written in 1785 by the German poet and historian Friedrich Schiller, and known especially for its musical setting by Beethoven in the fourth movement of his Ninth Symphony, for four solo voices, chorus, and orchestra. |
 | | The Ode to Joy was adopted as Europe's anthem by the Council of Europe in 1972, with an official transcription for orchestra written by Herbert von Karajan. |
 | | Joy, thou shining spark of God, Daughter of Elysium, With fiery rapture, goddess, We approach thy shrine. |
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