Los Angeles Times

The British folk singer has written new lyrics to Beethoven’s famed chorale. It receives its U.S. premiere Saturday in Santa Monica.

A rabble-rousing folk singer isn’t the first person who comes to mind when drafting new lyrics for one of the most recognized pieces of classical music in the world. But British singer Billy Bragg, ...
The Guardian

The EU anthem: Ode to Joy – archive, 1972

Ahead of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, we look back at the significance of the EU’s adoption of Ode to Joy from his Ninth Symphony 20 January 1972 The Council of Europe has selected the ...
Wall Street Journal

Original Lyrics for 'Ode to Joy'

Here is Friedrich von Schiller's original text, as adapted by Ludwig van Beethoven, for the "Ode to Joy," the last movement of his Ninth Symphony.