What you listened to here is an abbreviated version of the fourth movement. The fourth movement is about 24 minutes long. Do yourself a favor and listen to the entire fourth movement, and then the entire symphony. It's over an hour if you can believe that.
we wasn't totally deaf , the inner ear was not affected he managed to feel the sound by contact he used a stick which he bite and put the other end in the piano so the sound traveled through is skull to the inner ear
Yes. I'm an old hoary dude now, but I got into this when my age was in single figures and I love classical orchestral music still (along with rock metal and folk!
Vocals, especially in German (not Italian) in a symphony were quite controversial at the time. A lot of radio stations refused to play it and RUclips banned the video when Beethoven released it in 1824. Ludwig's Twitter account was even suspended for 6 months!
I've listened to recordings of this many times in my life but heard it performed at a symphony concert for the first time a few years ago. We were sitting pretty close and towards the end of this movement when the orchestra was going full force and the choir was singing out I could see tears streaming down the faces on some of the violinists. That's how evocative this Ode de Joy, even to musicians who've played it countless times
A symphony is divided into movements, not songs. Ironically, this is a rare symphony whose fourth & final movement is actually sung. The 4th movmt is a "chorale", & is now the EU anthem ("Ode to Joy").
Playing this as a violinist is just another experience altogether, and is mind blowing. Beethoven was and always will be one of the greats, along with Mahler, Tchaikovsky and Bach
Hi, thanks for reacting to Beethoven! There is so much power in music no matter the genre or age. Just FYI, a symphony is not a single song. It refers to the complete work. Hence the length of it being over an hour.
In his day he was a rock star. There were laws passed in certain states where it was ilegal to listen to him. His music was considered to emotional for youing people and would lead them to become radicalized. Some things never change when society has to deal with how music afects the youth. This symphany was one such piece of music and the part you are playing, "The Ode to Joy," was considered something that would encourage youth to demand more democracy and do away with kings and nobility.
Beethoven was deaf when he wrote that and he could imagine all the parts and how they fit together. He was German and the words you heard the singers saying were in German.
I would suprise in a timeless dimension what Schiller would do if she hear when she asking: "OMG words?". "Yes little american intellectual giant, it's my poem: Ode to Peace"...
True story - during the final segment of the performance, he was still conducting (even though it had ended) because he couldn't hear his own creation being performed. A member of his team named Caroline Unger walked up to him, gently turned him around so he could see the applause. The master of this piece could not hear his own music yet composed a work of music that is known to nearly everyone around the world.
If you grew up in a “traditional” church you might know this tune as the hymn “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee” but the original that you heard here is on another level. I’ve sung in choirs since I was a kid and had the pleasure of singing the bass part of this with a 100-member university choir, four professional soloists, and The Florida Orchestra, and let me tell you…that last part goes so hard, singing as loud as you can, with all those other voices around you and the orchestra blasting. I was buzzing at the end. Great reaction!
I'm glad you are back with videos. For classical music, I would recommend "Finlandia" by Jean Sibelius. Finland was part of Russia when he wrote it and it was against the law to play it in public. It stirred feelings of freedom and independence in Finns.
This is the first piece of music by Beethoven to be written using an already existing poem as the lyrics, with a bit of tweaking by Beethoven. Ode to joy is also used as an anthem by the European Union. Apart from that last point it’s a great piece of music 😛
Sweet Shiloh, in this symphony Beethoven has his singers proclaim "All Men Are Brothers" in German - a very libertarian sentiment, not aristocratic at all! It is very uplifting.
You're shocked? Hey, what about me? I'm stunned. I swear I saw that guy (Beethoven) this morning sitting on a bench just down the road from where I live, waiting for the city bus to catch a ride.
i HAVE THE ENTIRE 9TH AND Egmont Overture in my car. Play it almost all the time. I love the first movement. It's not a popular as the last movement but it's incredible. When I pick up my daughter from school it's playing and she almost always tries to shut if off. We have so much fun. In my house, it's Beethoven almost all the time. My daughter and wife always tell me to go to listen to him in the back room. I tell my daughter that the Oxford or Webster dictionary should change the word "music" to "Beethoven" . Beethoven is music. By the way, whenever I listen to the 9th I declare it to be the greatest piece of music EVER. That is until I listen to the 7th or the 5th or Piano concerto 5, or the violin concerto..... Some people are addicted to drugs, or cigs, or gambling..... I'm addicted to this man's music. Does anyone know of a psychiatrist who can help me with my beethovenism?
Good to see you branching out. You might enjoy George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" it's 20th century themed. I'm also partial to Gustav Holst and his "The Planets" suite, especially Mars "Bringer of war".
So many credits for you, is very rare to find reactions to classical music by young reactors like yourself. The 9th symphony is one of the most beautiful things ever created by mankind
I was worried you wouldn't get a good overall picture of the last movement, but this condensed version is actually pretty good. Even if you don't react to it, I definitely recommend listening to the whole last movement of this symphony. It's pure magic.
@@kevhynaleks2631We all start somewhere. I've found you get a better result when you present classical music as a joy to discover and leave out snobbery and comments about "real music." She still has the choice of whether or not to listen to it. Making it a chore entices no one.
@@annaolson4828 No she making money with this sh..t, playing cutted and destroyed movements, and laughing like a stuppeedh goose over something, she understand nothing. It perfectly shows the emptiness and unworthiness of our age. I'm not sure we started in the same place as this fine example of the American education, if we asked her she probably would have no idea what country Beethoven was born in and where he lived and when. In any case, you are a good example of the Scandinavian naivety, if you think she will listen to anything full, she were happy when the music ended, she thought she were listening to an opera, that's why she laughed, my God, it's sooo pathetic... I enjoying the music, but when I see this simple product of our age dishonoring this music I became angry but lastly to her, firstly to this low level world...
Actor Gary Oldman, who has taken on roles as diverse as Lee Harvey Oswald (the patsy in the JFK assassination) and Count Dracula, became Ludwig van Beethoven in the 1995 biographical film, IMORTAL BELOVED. Oldman shines in this excellent film about an incredible musical icon. Well worth checking out.
I'm Happy that you reacted over a classical masterpiece of music history. Just in case you don't know it, the track you listened to is Just a condensed part of the 4th movement of the entire Symphony. The Beethoven's 9th Symphony is a magic spiritual journey that lasts almost one hour.
When I was in college (1972), as a member of the San Diego State choir, I had the honor of being able to perform this with the San Diego Symphony. It was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. Sometimes, when I hear it, I still sing along with it (the bass harmony).
Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart all composed music for the enjoyment of their King/Queen at the time. The common people usually were not able to listen to the original performances as it was only for the aristocracy of the time. This is a great piece of music. Glad to have you back reacting.
Musicologist, here. That's actually not true. While royals did commission them at times, the idea that they only ever composed for royalty and that common people were unable to hear their music is patently false.
Great comments down below. I'm surprised no one has suggested Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor or Pachelbel's Canon in D. If you want some great American classical you have to check out Aaron Copeland's Fanfare for the Common Man or Appalachian Spring.
I highly recommend sitting through the whole symphony, all 5 movments in one sitting. It's such a fantastic musical journey from beginning to end. Beethoven's 9th symphony in D minor, op. 125 is one of the greatest achievements of mankind.
Some great suggestions already in the comments - I'll add Felix Mendelssohn's Hebridean Overture ("Fingal's Cave") and some of the most well-known pieces of classical music, Edvard Grieg's "Peer Gynt" Suite
Althpugh this is widely known as "Ode To Joy", that refers only to the WORDS - and they were written by Friedrich Schiller in 1775, Beethoven only wrote the music - in 1824.
Shiloh Darlin', I'm happy to see you're developing a very eclectic (how about that for one of those three-dollar words you don't learn til late in high school) taste in music. It will bring so much enjoyment into your life!
Fun fact: When beethoven conducted this in vienna on may 7 1824. He was fully deaf because it was one of (if not) his last complete symphonies. So he couldn’t hear the audience clapping and cheering until he turned around and saw for himself
What i always try and imagine is a lower class land worker would have never heard anything like this....they couldn't even envisage its existence.....Imagine hearing this for the first time back then......OHMYGOD!
For those who don't know, this is "Ode to Joy" the official anthem of the European Union, I have the version by maestro Riccardo Muti, a beautiful version. For me probably the most beautiful classical symphony, incredible that he composed this symphony when he was completely deaf
This sounds like what the Enlightenment philosophers, French revolutionaries, and precursors of the industrial revolution believed the future was going to be. Then you listen to Punk, Rap, Metal, Nirvana and the rest of the music from the 90's and later and you say... Ehm... Yes, of course.
There are conflicting accounts of the first performance of this piece One account is that Beethoven, of course being deaf, was unable to conduct the orchestra himself and he just stood alongside and watched as they played And the conductor who stood in for him had to turn him to face the audience so that he could receive their applause because he could not hear them The second account is that Beethoven, despite being deaf and being unable to hear the music, still conducted the orchestra himself And when the orchestra finished, he was several measures off and still conducting And a soprano stood and had to turn him around to face the audience because he could not distinguish between the applause and the orchestra Whichever account is true is up for debate
Joy, beautiful spark of Bliss.. (or Gods) Daughter of Elysium, On we walk, drunk with fire, Heavenly one, you're sanctuary! You're magic binds again What custom strictly divided;* All people, all men become brothers,* Where you're gentle wing allows.. lyrics to the first part at 4:41 (:
did you know? it's also the anthem of the EU and it's joy still spreads over the world.. the lyrics bring tears to my humble soul, will this sweet dream of peace ever come true?
Hey Shiloh, it's pretty impressive that Beethoven had written such a beautiful piece of music, especially considering the fact that he was hearing impaired Another piece of his that you should definitely check out is his 5th symphony
H wasn't hearing impaired he was profoundly deaf and had been for 10 years when he wrote this. The story is when he first performed it in Vienna it got a standing ovation but being deaf and conducting with his back to the audience Beethoven didn't know. One of the musicians stood up and turned him around to see the audience. That's the story not sure if it's true.
Hi Shiloh! Great to see you! Enjoyed your reaction to the masterful Beethoven. I was introduced to classical music when I was in elementary school in the 50's back when the arts were an important part of education. Our class had a field trip to the Cleveland Orchestra under the direction of the great George Szell. I even had a chance to meet him a few years later when I was in middle school after a concert. He was very nice. I had no idea how famous he was until the 90's when I was on a flight and was sitting next to a man who was composing music. I asked him what he did and he said he was a conductor. When I told him of meeting George Szell when I was a kid and he was sincerely amazed I met him. It was as if I had met God. It was that conversation that got me curious about George Szell. And I tell you, I was amazed. Take care Shiloh.
I love music from Alt to Rock to Rap to Techno to R&B, but Classical earns its title tenfold. If you are looking for music to express pure emotion, and you know WHAT to look for, Classical can cover anything from heartbreak to revenge to victory and beyond.
If you ever bought or listened to a music CD, the exact length they can hold is because of THIS piece of music. The length of a CD was established so they could contain the entire 9th Symphony, not a second less.
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Hey Shiloh, I Think I should point out that Beethoven's First name is correctly pronounced "Lewd-Vig" as opposed to "Luhd-Wihg" Basically, any names that are German that has a "W" in the name, The "W" is pronounced like a "V"
@@AnnE-mn8ny not a problem, I'm actually learning how to speak German more fluently, as I can already speak a little German and that was one of the first things that I'd learned about, for example, to a German speaking person, Volkswagen with a German accent is pronounced like, "Folks Vah-Gihn" as it's name literally translates to "People's Car" and that car company was commissioned by Adolf Hitler and The drivetrains of those early Volkswagens were built by Ferdinand Porsche (hence the reason why air-cooled models of Volkswagen's And Porsche's could fit into each other's chassis'
Think of this, at one time to hear music you had to find musicians playing it or be able to sing or play an instrument yourself. Music today is omnipresent. 5/22/23
What you listened to here is an abbreviated version of the fourth movement. The fourth movement is about 24 minutes long. Do yourself a favor and listen to the entire fourth movement, and then the entire symphony. It's over an hour if you can believe that.
when you consider that Beethoven was completely deaf at the end and never heard his finished work himself, what a genius
we wasn't totally deaf , the inner ear was not affected he managed to feel the sound by contact he used a stick which he bite and put the other end in the piano so the sound traveled through is skull to the inner ear
I know right? Most hearing people could not write something so perfect.
@@8bennaboo”most”?? Lol bruh it might literally be the greatest piece of music ever written
@@mookiestewart3776 True
@@8bennaboomost people indeed..
Mad respect for someone your age listening to the all time classics! Beethoven is surely sublime
Yes. I'm an old hoary dude now, but I got into this when my age was in single figures and I love classical orchestral music still (along with rock metal and folk!
Symphonic music is soooo overlooked. Thank you posting this.
hahahahaha you just said the greatest and most famous piece of music of all time is overlooked
God im so gratefull that i've been rised on classical music and i live in European Union
Thats our anthemn!
If someone hasn't already mentioned this, the vocal piece is called the "Ode to Joy." Love your reaction.
The anthem of the European Union, the most beautiful of all ;)
Vocals, especially in German (not Italian) in a symphony were quite controversial at the time. A lot of radio stations refused to play it and RUclips banned the video when Beethoven released it in 1824. Ludwig's Twitter account was even suspended for 6 months!
you mean the reaction of a idiot?
@@klauskinski5969 Being a newbie when it comes to classical music does not in and of itself make a person an idiot.
@@GB-ez6ge I see what you did there. 😄😄😄
I've listened to recordings of this many times in my life but heard it performed at a symphony concert for the first time a few years ago. We were sitting pretty close and towards the end of this movement when the orchestra was going full force and the choir was singing out I could see tears streaming down the faces on some of the violinists. That's how evocative this Ode de Joy, even to musicians who've played it countless times
A symphony is divided into movements, not songs. Ironically, this is a rare symphony whose fourth & final movement is actually sung. The 4th movmt is a "chorale", & is now the EU anthem ("Ode to Joy").
Ode to joy. An excellent choice Shiloh.
Playing this as a violinist is just another experience altogether, and is mind blowing. Beethoven was and always will be one of the greats, along with Mahler, Tchaikovsky and Bach
I remember making second chair in my third year and performing this for competitions endlessly, standing ovation every time
Beethoven hated violinists lol.
So glad you’re posting again. Looking beautiful as always, hope you’re having an amazing day.
I love classic rock, and classical music. This segment is called Ode to Joy. He was almost completely def when he wrote this.
Original: Freude schöner Götterfunke. Lyrcis by Friedrich Schiller.
If you watch anime, you'll hear this song a lot. The Japanese seems to love Beethoven.
In my opinion the maestro is and always will be the greatest musician who has ever lived
Bach it may be argued is better.
@@VadulTharys Absolutely ridiculous; and completely objectively untrue, and idiocratic.
Definitivamente Beethoven, es y será el más grande músico en toda la historia de la Humanidad.
Fully agree. His music is truly immortal. The power,,passion, and drama is unequaled in my view.
Welcome back young lady, I have missed your smiling face. I hope you find time to do more reactions in the future. 👏👏
Hi, thanks for reacting to Beethoven! There is so much power in music no matter the genre or age. Just FYI, a symphony is not a single song. It refers to the complete work. Hence the length of it being over an hour.
Joy, thou spark of flame eternal, daughter of Elysium!
In his day he was a rock star. There were laws passed in certain states where it was ilegal to listen to him. His music was considered to emotional for youing people and would lead them to become radicalized. Some things never change when society has to deal with how music afects the youth. This symphany was one such piece of music and the part you are playing, "The Ode to Joy," was considered something that would encourage youth to demand more democracy and do away with kings and nobility.
Beethoven was deaf when he wrote that and he could imagine all the parts and how they fit together. He was German and the words you heard the singers saying were in German.
I would suprise in a timeless dimension what Schiller would do if she hear when she asking: "OMG words?".
"Yes little american intellectual giant, it's my poem: Ode to Peace"...
True story - during the final segment of the performance, he was still conducting (even though it had ended) because he couldn't hear his own creation being performed. A member of his team named Caroline Unger walked up to him, gently turned him around so he could see the applause. The master of this piece could not hear his own music yet composed a work of music that is known to nearly everyone around the world.
Where have you been? A great comeback. Classical Beethoven. Nice.
If you grew up in a “traditional” church you might know this tune as the hymn “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee” but the original that you heard here is on another level. I’ve sung in choirs since I was a kid and had the pleasure of singing the bass part of this with a 100-member university choir, four professional soloists, and The Florida Orchestra, and let me tell you…that last part goes so hard, singing as loud as you can, with all those other voices around you and the orchestra blasting. I was buzzing at the end. Great reaction!
I'm glad you are back with videos. For classical music, I would recommend "Finlandia" by Jean Sibelius. Finland was part of Russia when he wrote it and it was against the law to play it in public. It stirred feelings of freedom and independence in Finns.
This is the first piece of music by Beethoven to be written using an already existing poem as the lyrics, with a bit of tweaking by Beethoven. Ode to joy is also used as an anthem by the European Union. Apart from that last point it’s a great piece of music 😛
This is certainly not Beethoven's lyrical setting
Frédéric Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 (Funeral march) is one of my favorites
Sweet Shiloh, in this symphony Beethoven has his singers proclaim "All Men Are Brothers" in German - a very libertarian sentiment, not aristocratic at all! It is very uplifting.
Yay!! Shiloh's back!!!!
One of the Masters.. This is all about praise to God. One can find a translation. Such powerful music.
You're shocked? Hey, what about me? I'm stunned. I swear I saw that guy (Beethoven) this morning sitting on a bench just down the road from where I live, waiting for the city bus to catch a ride.
This was great! Loved seeing you enjoy this. Seeing you laugh so hard was great!! Thank you!!! 😊
Wow, so cool someone your age is listening to this. I respect you
what has age got to do with it, you don't have to be old to appreciate classical music
Beethoven 9th "Sympathy"?!... Wow, never heard of that one.
;)
I'm so PROUD to be European's citizen !! from France
I would still recommend listening to the whole symphony. You lose a lot by listening to the chopped up version
i HAVE THE ENTIRE 9TH AND Egmont Overture in my car. Play it almost all the time. I love the first movement. It's not a popular as the last movement but it's incredible. When I pick up my daughter from school it's playing and she almost always tries to shut if off. We have so much fun. In my house, it's Beethoven almost all the time. My daughter and wife always tell me to go to listen to him in the back room. I tell my daughter that the Oxford or Webster dictionary should change the word "music" to "Beethoven" . Beethoven is music.
By the way, whenever I listen to the 9th I declare it to be the greatest piece of music EVER. That is until I listen to the 7th or the 5th or Piano concerto 5, or the violin concerto.....
Some people are addicted to drugs, or cigs, or gambling..... I'm addicted to this man's music. Does anyone know of a psychiatrist who can help me with my beethovenism?
Beethoven's Symphony #6 "Pastoral" - Erwachen heiterer Empfindugen bai der Ankunft auf dem lande is another of his masterpieces.
Yes it's my favorite especially the 2nd movement.
Good to see you branching out. You might enjoy George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" it's 20th century themed. I'm also partial to Gustav Holst and his "The Planets" suite, especially Mars "Bringer of war".
Both of those would be great, as would any of the movements of Dvorak's "New World" Symphony
So many credits for you, is very rare to find reactions to classical music by young reactors like yourself.
The 9th symphony is one of the most beautiful things ever created by mankind
I was worried you wouldn't get a good overall picture of the last movement, but this condensed version is actually pretty good. Even if you don't react to it, I definitely recommend listening to the whole last movement of this symphony. It's pure magic.
For that she need patience and some practice, to hear other classical musics, and learn a bit about what she actually heard....
@@kevhynaleks2631 I have no reason to believe she doesn't
@@annaolson4828 Come on… She grown up on pop-rap-fun, zero knowledge about what real music is….
@@kevhynaleks2631We all start somewhere. I've found you get a better result when you present classical music as a joy to discover and leave out snobbery and comments about "real music." She still has the choice of whether or not to listen to it. Making it a chore entices no one.
@@annaolson4828 No she making money with this sh..t, playing cutted and destroyed movements, and laughing like a stuppeedh goose over something, she understand nothing. It perfectly shows the emptiness and unworthiness of our age. I'm not sure we started in the same place as this fine example of the American education, if we asked her she probably would have no idea what country Beethoven was born in and where he lived and when. In any case, you are a good example of the Scandinavian naivety, if you think she will listen to anything full, she were happy when the music ended, she thought she were listening to an opera, that's why she laughed, my God, it's sooo pathetic...
I enjoying the music, but when I see this simple product of our age dishonoring this music I became angry but lastly to her, firstly to this low level world...
Actor Gary Oldman, who has taken on roles as diverse as Lee Harvey Oswald (the patsy in the JFK assassination) and Count Dracula, became Ludwig van Beethoven in the 1995 biographical film, IMORTAL BELOVED.
Oldman shines in this excellent film about an incredible musical icon. Well worth checking out.
I'm Happy that you reacted over a classical masterpiece of music history. Just in case you don't know it, the track you listened to is Just a condensed part of the 4th movement of the entire Symphony. The Beethoven's 9th Symphony is a magic spiritual journey that lasts almost one hour.
This piece ("Ode to Joy") is so much fun to sing!
ALWAYS LOVE YOUR RUclips VIDEOS SINCERELY SHILOH THANK YOU VERY MUCH YOUR'E BEAUTIFUL !!! ...
When I was in college (1972), as a member of the San Diego State choir, I had the honor of being able to perform this with the San Diego Symphony. It was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. Sometimes, when I hear it, I still sing along with it (the bass harmony).
Oh, yeah... and a part of the 2nd movement of that symphony is the ringtone on my phone.
It's good to see you back. I've missed you.
Of course that's just the last section of the whole music piece, Symphony Number 9
Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart all composed music for the enjoyment of their King/Queen at the time. The common people usually were not able to listen to the original performances as it was only for the aristocracy of the time. This is a great piece of music. Glad to have you back reacting.
Musicologist, here. That's actually not true. While royals did commission them at times, the idea that they only ever composed for royalty and that common people were unable to hear their music is patently false.
Great comments down below. I'm surprised no one has suggested Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor or Pachelbel's Canon in D. If you want some great American classical you have to check out Aaron Copeland's Fanfare for the Common Man or Appalachian Spring.
Good to have you back 😁
I highly recommend sitting through the whole symphony, all 5 movments in one sitting. It's such a fantastic musical journey from beginning to end. Beethoven's 9th symphony in D minor, op. 125 is one of the greatest achievements of mankind.
Love your reactions, it's like someone is behind you tickling you the whole time.
Exactly, it gives me chills everytime!
Ode to joy is the perfect blend of mournful and joyful.
Thx Schiller!
Some great suggestions already in the comments - I'll add Felix Mendelssohn's Hebridean Overture ("Fingal's Cave") and some of the most well-known pieces of classical music, Edvard Grieg's "Peer Gynt" Suite
Althpugh this is widely known as "Ode To Joy", that refers only to the WORDS - and they were written by Friedrich Schiller in 1775, Beethoven only wrote the music - in 1824.
Shiloh Darlin', I'm happy to see you're developing a very eclectic (how about that for one of those three-dollar words you don't learn til late in high school) taste in music. It will bring so much enjoyment into your life!
Starting to listen from the end is like reacting on a movie after watching the last 3 minutes.
Great music, great teaction
Good to see you again; we missed you. Nice classical piece of music.
Fun fact:
When beethoven conducted this in vienna on may 7 1824. He was fully deaf because it was one of (if not) his last complete symphonies. So he couldn’t hear the audience clapping and cheering until he turned around and saw for himself
Good music is good music.I listen to some classical music and it is beautiful.Glad you liked this.Beethoven was a musical genius
I have missed you Shiloh. Welcome back!
Beethoven was the original Rockstar.
Welcome Back!!!!
What i always try and imagine is a lower class land worker would have never heard anything like this....they couldn't even envisage its existence.....Imagine hearing this for the first time back then......OHMYGOD!
For those who don't know, this is "Ode to Joy" the official anthem of the European Union, I have the version by maestro Riccardo Muti, a beautiful version.
For me probably the most beautiful classical symphony, incredible that he composed this symphony when he was completely deaf
Nice to see you reacting again.
This sounds like what the Enlightenment philosophers, French revolutionaries, and precursors of the industrial revolution believed the future was going to be. Then you listen to Punk, Rap, Metal, Nirvana and the rest of the music from the 90's and later and you say... Ehm... Yes, of course.
There are conflicting accounts of the first performance of this piece
One account is that Beethoven, of course being deaf, was unable to conduct the orchestra himself and he just stood alongside and watched as they played
And the conductor who stood in for him had to turn him to face the audience so that he could receive their applause because he could not hear them
The second account is that Beethoven, despite being deaf and being unable to hear the music, still conducted the orchestra himself
And when the orchestra finished, he was several measures off and still conducting
And a soprano stood and had to turn him around to face the audience because he could not distinguish between the applause and the orchestra
Whichever account is true is up for debate
I get happy tears every time
Fun fact (that many people probably already know): this Is the official anthem of the European Union.
Joy, beautiful spark of Bliss.. (or Gods)
Daughter of Elysium,
On we walk, drunk with fire,
Heavenly one, you're sanctuary!
You're magic binds again
What custom strictly divided;*
All people, all men become brothers,*
Where you're gentle wing allows.. lyrics to the first part at 4:41 (:
did you know? it's also the anthem of the EU and it's joy still spreads over the world.. the lyrics bring tears to my humble soul, will this sweet dream of peace ever come true?
Hey Shiloh, it's pretty impressive that Beethoven had written such a beautiful piece of music, especially considering the fact that he was hearing impaired
Another piece of his that you should definitely check out is his 5th symphony
H wasn't hearing impaired he was profoundly deaf and had been for 10 years when he wrote this. The story is when he first performed it in Vienna it got a standing ovation but being deaf and conducting with his back to the audience Beethoven didn't know. One of the musicians stood up and turned him around to see the audience. That's the story not sure if it's true.
My bucket list is to conduct this whole symphony
to anyone reading this. LOOK UP THE TRANSLATED LYRICS AND FORCE THEM INTO YOUR BRAIN TILL YOU NEVER FORGET THEM
This only part of the 9th Symphony . It is the 4th Movement "Ode to Joy".
Beethoven is the original OG classic!!
Hi Shiloh! Great to see you! Enjoyed your reaction to the masterful Beethoven. I was introduced to classical music when I was in elementary school in the 50's back when the arts were an important part of education. Our class had a field trip to the Cleveland Orchestra under the direction of the great George Szell. I even had a chance to meet him a few years later when I was in middle school after a concert. He was very nice. I had no idea how famous he was until the 90's when I was on a flight and was sitting next to a man who was composing music. I asked him what he did and he said he was a conductor. When I told him of meeting George Szell when I was a kid and he was sincerely amazed I met him. It was as if I had met God. It was that conversation that got me curious about George Szell. And I tell you, I was amazed. Take care Shiloh.
Great to see you back did you know Beethoven was deaf when he composed this
"Ode To Joy" is the greatest work of music ever made.
I love music from Alt to Rock to Rap to Techno to R&B, but Classical earns its title tenfold. If you are looking for music to express pure emotion, and you know WHAT to look for, Classical can cover anything from heartbreak to revenge to victory and beyond.
If you ever bought or listened to a music CD, the exact length they can hold is because of THIS piece of music. The length of a CD was established so they could contain the entire 9th Symphony, not a second less.
Awesome video love love your videos alot
"THEY WERE LIT BACK THEN" lmaoooooooooooo
subscribed. thanks for exploring out.
Die Hard! I can't believe it took me all these years to make that connection. 🤣
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Wasn't this in "Die Hard" near the end of the movie when the theives opened the vault? RIP Alan Rickman.
Beethoven is sublime
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Hey Shiloh, I Think I should point out that Beethoven's First name is correctly pronounced "Lewd-Vig" as opposed to "Luhd-Wihg"
Basically, any names that are German that has a "W" in the name, The "W" is pronounced like a "V"
@@AnnE-mn8ny not a problem, I'm actually learning how to speak German more fluently, as I can already speak a little German and that was one of the first things that I'd learned about, for example, to a German speaking person, Volkswagen with a German accent is pronounced like, "Folks Vah-Gihn" as it's name literally translates to "People's Car" and that car company was commissioned by Adolf Hitler and The drivetrains of those early Volkswagens were built by Ferdinand Porsche (hence the reason why air-cooled models of Volkswagen's And Porsche's could fit into each other's chassis'
Trying to experience good Metal in a Beethoven song is like a honey-bee finding the best honey!
You listened just to a short version of the 4th movement of the 9th synphony. The whole 4th movement lasts about 26 minutes and is much much better
Hear joyful joyful we adore thee. ❤
Think of this, at one time to hear music you had to find musicians playing it or be able to sing or play an instrument yourself. Music today is omnipresent.
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Was one of many excellent pieces by the great Beethoven! And a delightful reaction by you, Shiloh. Here's to your next one! 🙏😊💜
Fundamental Piece of Humanity Expression!