Ludwig van Beethoven
In B♭ major, range B♭2 to F3
Schiller’s poem celebrates joy as the force that makes all people brothers, and Beethoven gave it a tune simple enough for anyone to sing along. He finished his Ninth Symphony, which ends with this tune, in 1824, when he was almost completely deaf.
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