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| | Learn more about Ludwig van Beethoven in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Some of his most famous themes, such as those of the first movements of the 3d, 5th, and 9th Symphonies, are primarily non-melodic rhythmic figures consisting of notes of a single chord, and the themes of the last movements of the 3d and 7th Symphonies could more accurately be described as rhythms than as melodies. |
 | | The seventh and eighth symphonies are more rhythmic, the second movement of the eighth being based on the metronome, an invention by Beethoven's friend Johann Maelzel. |
 | | The final complete symphony is Symphony No. 9 in D minor, composed in 1823 (and occasionally referred to as Choral), whose last movement, as mentioned, was a setting of Schiller's poem celebrating joy. |
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