When asked how important in the history of music is Beethoven's Ninth Symphony ... that the symphony's final movement, the triumphal "Ode to Joy," has long been a worldwide anthem of freedom ...

The piano, a Bechstein ... It is known for its “Ode to Joy” theme (after the Schiller poem that provides its text), one of Western classical music’s most familiar, historically freighted ...

PATERSON – Students in the sixth grade piano class at Paterson’s School 24 peered at their sheet music as their teacher, Vladmir Zaitsev, told them they would play “Ode to Joy.” ...