I need to get something off my chest.

Would all of these "inspirational" videos of musicians COMING TOGETHER IN HARMONY through the POWER OF MUSIC do it with something besides BEETHOVEN'S ODE TO FUCKING JOY?!?!??!

I have nothing against Beethoven's 9th, but there is SO MUCH amazing music out there. Recycling the same few "hits" reduces "classical" music to predictable memes. It dumbs things down for the audience instead, of expanding their knowledge and experience.


@Kitty62862
"The" Unfinished Symphony you always hear about is Schubert 8, but there's also a 10th from Mahler, and don't get me started on Mozart's Requiem (nothing at all like the movie).

@anatman
His lieder for solo voice are my favorite. I never liked his solo piano music though.

@Kitty62862

@voltronic

You’re going to laugh, but, for me, Ode to Joy is synonymous with the Raising of the Stanley Cup Banner 1/20/1995 at Madison Square Garden (delayed by lockout)

@Kitty62862 @voltronic

It always makes me think of Friedrich Schiller's "An die Freude"

...which is staggeringly uncreative & obvious, as that's what Beethoven (mostly) used for the final movement of the 9th.

IIRC, it's not exactly the same as the poem, though near enough.

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