Due to the large number of languages used in the European Union, its anthem is purely instrumental. Despite this, the German lyrics from what work of Friedrich Schiller, connected to Beethoven, are often sung when the anthem is played?
"a number of songs about the planet which could be regarded as anthems, reflecting rising planetary consciousness among people across the world. One is ""World Anthem"" by the Mindshare Institute and Foundation. Other songs on the same theme include ""Earth Anthem"" by The Turtles, ""Earth Anthem"" by Dan Fogelberg, ""Mother Earth (Natural Anthem)"" by Neil Young, ""Earth Song"" by Michael Jackson, ""Earth Hour Anthem"" by Andrew Huang and ""Earth Anthem"" by Abhay Kumar. The ""Earth Day Anthem"" lyrics by William Wallace (and sometimes the original lyrics by Barbara George) are widely sung to the tune of ""Ode to Joy"" by"
"is purely instrumental, and the German lyrics that Friedrich Schiller wrote and on which Beethoven based the melody have no official status. Despite this, the German lyrics are often sung by choirs or ordinary people when the anthem is played: for example, at the 2004 enlargement on the German-Polish border, the crowd watching the ceremony playing the music sang along with the German lyrics. Aside from this, several translations of the poem used by Beethoven as well as original works have attempted to provide lyrics to the anthem in various languages. Versions of the anthem including lyrics have been sung"
"titled simply as ""Champions League"", was written by Tony Britten, and is an adaptation of George Frideric Handel's ""Zadok the Priest"" (one of his Coronation Anthems). UEFA commissioned Britten in 1992 to arrange an anthem, and the piece was performed by London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and sung by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. UEFA’s official website states, “the anthem is now almost as iconic as the trophy.” The chorus contains the three official languages used by UEFA: English, German, and French. The climactic moment is set to the exclamations ‘Die Meister! Die Besten! Les Grandes Équipes! The"
"Anthem of Europe by the Council of Europe in 1972 and subsequently by the European Union. Schiller wrote the first version of the poem when he was staying in Gohlis, Leipzig. In the year 1785 from the beginning of May till mid September, he stayed with his publisher Georg Joachim Göschen in Leipzig and wrote ""An die Freude"" along with his play ""Don Carlos"". Schiller later made some revisions to the poem which was then republished posthumously in 1808, and it was this latter version that forms the basis for Beethoven's setting. Despite the lasting popularity of the ode, Schiller"
"UEFA Champions League Anthem The UEFA Champions League Anthem, officially titled simply as ""Champions League"", is the official anthem of the UEFA Champions League, written by English composer Tony Britten in 1992, and based on George Frideric Handel’s ""Zadok the Priest"". The complete anthem is about three minutes long, and has two short verses and the chorus. The chorus is in UEFA's three official languages: English, French, and German. The climactic moment is set to the exclamations ‘Die Meister! Die Besten! Les Grandes Équipes! The Champions!’. The anthem is played inside the stadium before the start of each UEFA Champions"
"wrote my own tune. It has a kind of Handelian feel to it but I like to think it's not a total rip-off."" Britten also mentioned that he does not own the rights to the anthem, which are retained by UEFA, but he receives royalties when it is used. For the recording used in television transmissions of UEFA Champions League matches and events, the piece was performed by London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and sung by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus. The chorus is in UEFA's three official languages: English, French, and German. According to Johan Fornäs,"
"van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. Due to the large number of languages in Europe, it is an instrumental version only, with the original German lyrics having no official status. The anthem was announced on 19 January 1972 by the Council of Europe, after being arranged by conductor Herbert von Karajan. The anthem was launched via a major information campaign on Europe Day, 5 May 1972. It was adopted by European Community leaders in 1985. It does not replace national anthems, but is intended to celebrate their shared values. It is played on official occasions by both the Council of Europe"
"by school pupils. Since 1985, the flag day of the Union has been Europe Day, on 9 May (the date of the 1950 Schuman declaration). The anthem of the Union is an instrumental version of the prelude to the ""Ode to Joy"", the 4th movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's ninth symphony. The anthem was adopted by European Community leaders in 1985 and has since been played on official occasions. Besides naming the continent, the Greek mythological figure of Europa has frequently been employed as a personification of Europe. Known from the myth in which Zeus seduces her in the guise"
"by the original artist or by local artists. UEFA European Championship anthems and songs UEFA European Championship anthems and songs are tunes and songs adopted officially to be used as warm-ups to the event, to accompany the championships during the event and as a souvenir reminder of the events as well as for advertising campaigns leading for the Euro Championship, giving the singers exceptional universal world coverage and notoriety. The songs chosen are usually multilingual using English, the language of the official language of the organising country as well as other world languages, most notably Spanish. The official versions also"
"a world-renowned composer. Exceptions include Germany, whose anthem ""Das Lied der Deutschen"" uses a melody written by Joseph Haydn, and Austria, whose national anthem ""Land der Berge, Land am Strome"" is sometimes credited to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The ""Anthem of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic"" was composed by Aram Khachaturian. The music of the ""Pontifical Anthem"", anthem of the Vatican City, was composed in 1869 by Charles Gounod, for the golden jubilee of Pope Pius IX's priestly ordination. The committee charged with choosing a national anthem for Malaysia at independence decided to invite selected composers of international repute to submit"
"a symphony (thus making it a choral symphony). The words are sung during the final movement by four vocal soloists and a chorus. They were taken from the ""Ode to Joy"", a poem written by Friedrich Schiller in 1785 and revised in 1803, with text additions made by the composer. In 2001, Beethoven's original, hand-written manuscript of the score, held by the Berlin State Library, was added to the United Nations Memory of the World Programme Heritage list, becoming the first musical score so designated. The Philharmonic Society of London originally commissioned the symphony in 1817. The main composition work"
"create a distinct Flag of East Germany. As the use of the ""Deutschlandlied"", dating back to 1841 and 1797, of the recently created East German anthem, or of possible combinations was also rejected, Beethoven's melody to Schiller's Ode an die Freude (Ode to Joy) was played for winning German athletes as a compromise in lieu of a national anthem. During the Games of 1956, 1960 and 1964 the traditional abbreviation GER for Germany was used, or rather the equivalents in the language of the host country. In Innsbruck in 1964, the Austrian officials used the international license plate code of"
"unity in which every part is based on either the main theme, the ""Seid umschlungen"" theme, or some combination of the two. Indeed, Rosen also notes that the movement can also be analysed as a set of variations and simultaneously as a concerto sonata form with double exposition (with the fugato acting both as a development section and the second tutti of the concerto). The text is largely taken from Schiller's ""Ode to Joy"", with a few additional introductory words written specifically by Beethoven (shown in italics). The text, without repeats, is shown below, with a translation into English. The"
"UEFA European Championship anthems and songs UEFA European Championship anthems and songs are tunes and songs adopted officially to be used as warm-ups to the event, to accompany the championships during the event and as a souvenir reminder of the events as well as for advertising campaigns leading for the Euro Championship, giving the singers exceptional universal world coverage and notoriety. The songs chosen are usually multilingual using English, the language of the official language of the organising country as well as other world languages, most notably Spanish. The official versions also results in cover versions in many other languages"
"in the second movement of one of his string quartets, the ""Kaiserquartett"". It was adopted as the music for the German national anthem, ""Das Deutschlandlied"", in 1922 during the time of the Weimar Republic and is still used as the German national anthem today. The tune is also used in the English-speaking world as a hymn tune, often used for the hymn ""Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken"" by John Newton. In this context, the tune is called ""Austria"", ""Austrian Hymn"", or ""Emperor's Hymn"" The tune is also used for the hymn ""Not Alone for Mighty Empire"" by William P."
"(and thus enjoys legal protection). There are also several regional, unofficial anthems, like the Badnerlied or the Niedersachsenlied. In Austria, the situation is similar to that in Germany. The anthem of Upper Austria, the ""Hoamatgsang"" (chant of the homeland), is notable in the way that it is the only (official) German-language anthem written – and sung – entirely in dialect. In Spain, the situation is similar to that in Austria and Germany. Unlike the national anthem, most of the anthems of the autonomous communities have words. All are official. Three prominent examples are ""Els Segadors"" of Catalonia, ""Eusko Abendaren Ereserkia"""
"the music ""makes use of several elements from Handel’s original composition, but reshuffles and transforms them to suit the new context"". Anthony King writes: Fornäs also gives commentary on the lyrics of the anthem, writing: Ce sont les meilleures équipes<br> Es sind die allerbesten Mannschaften<br> The main event<br> Die Meister<br> Die Besten<br> Les grandes équipes<br> The champions<br> Une grande réunion<br> Eine große sportliche Veranstaltung<br> The main event<br> Ils sont les meilleurs<br> Sie sind die Besten<br> These are the champions<br> Die Meister<br> Die Besten<br> Les grandes équipes<br> The champions<br> The anthem's chorus is played before each UEFA Champions League game as"
"Sorbian, Romanian, etc., not counting all the translations into various German dialects. Song of the Bell The ""Song of the Bell"" (German: ""Das Lied von der Glocke"", also translated as ""The Lay of the Bell"") is a poem that the German poet Friedrich Schiller published in 1798. It is one of the most famous poems of German literature and with 430 lines also one of the longest. In it, Schiller combines a knowledgeable technical description of a bell founding with points of view and comments on human life, its possibilities and risks. As a small boy Schiller came in contact"
"van Beethoven said that a great poem is more difficult to set to music than a merely good one because the composer must rise higher than the poet – ""who can do that in the case of Schiller? In this respect Goethe is much easier,"" wrote Beethoven. There are relatively few famous musical settings of Schiller's poems. Notable exceptions are Beethoven's setting of ""An die Freude"" (""Ode to Joy"") in the final movement of his Ninth Symphony, Johannes Brahms' choral setting of ""Nänie"" and ""Des Mädchens Klage"" by Franz Schubert, who set 44 of Schiller's poems as Lieder, mostly for"
"the words for the choral movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th Symphony. In 1971 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe decided to propose adopting the prelude to the ""Ode to Joy"" from Beethoven's 9th Symphony as the European anthem, taking up a suggestion made by Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi in 1955. Beethoven was generally seen as the natural choice for a European anthem. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe officially announced the European Anthem on 19 January 1972 at Strasbourg: the prelude to ""Ode to Joy"", 4th movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th symphony. In 1974"
"compositions were discussed or used, such as the fourth movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which is a musical setting of Friedrich Schiller's poem ""An die Freude"" (""Ode to Joy""). Though the black, red and gold colours of the national flag had been incorporated into Article 22 of the (West) German constitution, a national anthem was not specified. On 29 April 1952, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer asked President Theodor Heuss in a letter to accept """" as the national anthem, with only the third stanza being sung on official occasions. President Heuss agreed to this on 2 May 1952. This"
"around five minutes long. The piece provides for a bass, the part of which overwhelms that of the choir. In fact, the choir is limited to repeating, as in a responsory, the last words of the four strophes of the soloist, that is, always the same exclamation ""Es ist vollbracht"" (i.e. It is finished). Even the music is repetitive, varying from one verse to another only in the orchestration. Before concluding, Beethoven introduces, in correspondence with the final words ""Thank God and our Emperor"", the melody by Joseph Haydn which became the national anthem ""Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser"" (God"
"associated with a social movement through context. ""Goodnight Irene"", for example, acquired the aura of a protest song because it was written by Lead Belly, a black convict and social outcast, although on its face it is a love song. Or they may be abstract, expressing, in more general terms, opposition to injustice and support for peace, or free thought, but audiences usually know what is being referred to. Beethoven's ""Ode to Joy"", a song in support of universal brotherhood, is a song of this kind. It is a setting of a poem by Friedrich Schiller celebrating the continuum of"
"views: the former imperial anthem, the ""Kernstockhymne"", or the ""Deutschlandlied"", which often led to dissonance when the national anthem was sung publicly. Since 1936, it had become customary to also sing the ""Lied der Jugend"" as part of the national anthem, thus honouring the murdered chancellor Engelbert Dollfuß. As the ""Kernstockhymne"" had never gained popularity, no attempt was made to reinstall it as national anthem after World War II. Sei gesegnet ohne Ende ""Sei gesegnet ohne Ende"" (; English translation: ""Be Blessed Without End""), also known as the ″Kernstock-Hymne″, is a German language song that was the national anthem of"
"of national unity. Until about 1950 the ""Bell"" was an essential part of the high school curriculum and regarded as part of German cultural heritage. It was regarded as a treasury of sayings; well known collections list a large number of verses from the ""Song of the Bell"" which continue to be quoted today as part of the German cultural heritage, sometimes without awareness of the source. Schiller's ""Song of the Bell"" has been translated into many languages. Already in 1877 there were translations into French, Dutch, Norwegian, English, Italian, Latvian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Czech, Danish, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Slovene,"
"only a small percentage can recite it all. Because Switzerland has four national languages, the lyrics of the original German song were translated into the other three national languages: French, Italian and Romansh. Among proposed replacements for the psalm, Swiss Psalm The Swiss Psalm ( , , , ) is the national anthem of Switzerland. It was composed in 1841, by Alberich Zwyssig (1808–1854). Since then, it has been frequently sung at patriotic events. The Federal Council declined however on numerous occasions to accept the psalm as the official anthem. This was because the council wanted the people to express"
"poet Totius. A complete collection of the Genevan psalm melodies can be found in the German hymnals of the Evangelisch Reformierte Kirche, and some of them are also found in the hymnals of other Protestant churches in Germany. They are even to be found in some Roman Catholic hymnbooks in use in Germany. The Genevan Psalter is predominantly used within the Calvinist churches. One result is that most of the singing in Calvinist churches is done in unison. Harmonies and instrumental renditions were exclusively used within the home or for concert performances. Hence the number of musical arrangements based on"
"the following letter he wrote about his participation in a charity concert for the soldiers of the preceding war: Besides ""Germania"", Beethoven also set other patriotic songs to music, for example ""Des Kriegers Abschied"" and ""Abschiedsgesang an Wiens Bürger"". Germania (Beethoven) Germania is a patriotic song by Ludwig van Beethoven written in order to celebrate the victory against Napoleon. During and after the defeat of Napoleon during the Wars of Liberation, German patriotism flourished and spurred the production of poems, plays, and songs exalting the nation. Among these German artists who contributed to the glorification of their country was Friedrich"
"Germania (Beethoven) Germania is a patriotic song by Ludwig van Beethoven written in order to celebrate the victory against Napoleon. During and after the defeat of Napoleon during the Wars of Liberation, German patriotism flourished and spurred the production of poems, plays, and songs exalting the nation. Among these German artists who contributed to the glorification of their country was Friedrich Treitschke. In 1814, he wrote a patriotic opera, ""Die gute Nachricht"", to which several Viennese composers contributed music. Beethoven composed the music for the closing song celebrating Germania, the allegory of Germany. Beethoven's own patriotic motivation is illustrated in"
"song cycles that relate an adventure of the soul rather than the body. The tradition was continued by Schumann, Brahms, and Hugo Wolf, and on into the 20th century by Strauss, Mahler, and Pfitzner. Composers of atonal music, such as Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, composed lieder in their own style. The lied tradition is closely linked with the German language, but there are parallels elsewhere, notably in France, with the mélodies of such composers as Berlioz, Fauré, Debussy, and Francis Poulenc, and in Russia, with the songs of Mussorgsky and Rachmaninoff in particular. England too had a flowering of"
"in some cases known as 'international anthems'. ""Lullaby"" is the official anthem of UNICEF composed by Steve Barakatt. ""The Internationale"" is the anthem of the socialist movement and the communist movement. Before March 1944, it was also the anthem of the Soviet Union and the Comintern. ASEAN Way is the official anthem of ASEAN. The tune of the ""Ode to Joy"" from Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 is the official anthem of the European Union and of the Council of Europe. Let's All Unite and Celebrate is the official anthem of the African Union (""Let Us All Unite and Celebrate Together"")."
"traditions. German-speaking communities use the term art song (""Kunstlied"") to distinguish so-called ""serious"" compositions from folk song (""Volkslied""). The lyrics are often written by a poet or lyricist and the music separately by a composer. Art songs may be more formally complicated than popular or folk songs, though many early Lieder by the likes of Franz Schubert are in simple strophic form. The accompaniment of European art songs is considered as an important part of the composition. Some art songs are so revered that they take on characteristics of national identification. Art songs emerge from the tradition of singing romantic"
"as the signing of treaties. The European Parliament seeks to make greater use of the music; then-Parliament President Hans-Gert Pöttering stated he was moved when the anthem was played for him on his visit to Israel and ought to be used in Europe more often. In 2008 it was used by Kosovo as its national anthem until it adopted its own, and it was played at its declaration of independence, as a nod to the EU's role in its independence from Serbia. At the 2007 signing ceremony for the Treaty of Lisbon, the plenipotentiaries of the European Union's twenty-seven member"