Ode to Joy - wikipedia Ode to Joy This article is about Schiller 's poem. For the `` Ode to Joy '' theme by Beethoven, see Symphony No. 9 ( Beethoven ). For other uses, see Ode to Joy ( disambiguation ). Autograph manuscript `` Ode to Joy '' ( German : `` An die Freude '' ( an diː ˈfʁɔʏdə ), first line : `` Freude, schöner Götterfunken '' ) is an ode written in the summer of 1785 by German poet, playwright, and historian Friedrich Schiller and published the following year in Thalia. A slightly revised version appeared in 1808, changing two lines of the first and omitting the last stanza. `` Ode to Joy '' is best known for its use by Ludwig van Beethoven in the final ( fourth ) movement of his Ninth Symphony, completed in 1824. Beethoven 's text does not use the entirety of Schiller 's poem, and reorders some sections. His tune ( but not Schiller 's words ) was adopted as the Anthem of Europe by the Council of Europe in 1972 and subsequently the European Union and the African Union in 2017. Contents 1 The poem 1.1 Lyrics 1.1. 1 Revisions 1.1. 2 Ode to Freedom 2 Beethoven 's musical setting 2.1 Uses as a theme song 2.2 In popular culture 3 Other musical settings 4 References 5 External links The poem Schillerhaus ( de ) in Gohlis 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 himself regarded it as a failure later in his life, going so far as calling it `` detached from reality '' and `` of value maybe for us two, but not for the world, nor for the art of poetry '' in an 1800 letter to his long - time friend and patron Christian Gottfried Körner ( whose friendship had originally inspired him to write the ode ). This section contains information of unclear or questionable importance or relevance to the article 's subject matter. Please help improve this section by clarifying or removing superfluous information. If importance can not be established, the section is likely to be moved to another article, pseudo-redirected, or removed. Find sources : `` Ode to Joy '' -- news newspapers books scholar JSTOR ( May 2017 ) Hans - Jürgen Schings, Wolfgang Riedel and Peter - André Alt accentuate the influence of the pietistic theologian Friedrich Christoph Oetinger upon Schiller 's philosophy of love. Reinhard Breymayer has found that Oetinger 's former pastor, Philipp Matthäus Hahn, also had such influence upon Schiller. According to Breymayer 's statement, Schiller 's poem and particularly the verses `` Brüder -- überm Sternenzelt / muß ein lieber Vater wohnen '' ( `` Brothers, above the starry canopy / There must dwell a loving Father '' ), are a reference to Hahn 's kernel concept of The Fatherly Love of God. Lyrics `` An die Freude '' `` Ode to Joy '' Freude, schöner Götterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium, Wir betreten feuertrunken, Himmlische, dein Heiligtum ! Deine Zauber binden wieder Was die Mode streng geteilt * ; Alle Menschen werden Brüder * Wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt. Wem der große Wurf gelungen Eines Freundes Freund zu sein ; Wer ein holdes Weib errungen Mische seinen Jubel ein ! Ja, wer auch nur eine Seele Sein nennt auf dem Erdenrund ! Und wer 's nie gekonnt, der stehle Weinend sich aus diesem Bund ! Freude trinken alle Wesen An den Brüsten der Natur ; Alle Guten, alle Bösen Folgen ihrer Rosenspur. Küsse gab sie uns und Reben, Einen Freund, geprüft im Tod ; Wollust ward dem Wurm gegeben und der Cherub steht vor Gott. Froh, wie seine Sonnen fliegen Durch des Himmels prächt'gen Plan Laufet, Brüder, eure Bahn, Freudig, wie ein Held zum siegen. Seid umschlungen, Millionen ! Diesen Kuß der ganzen Welt ! Brüder, über 'm Sternenzelt Muß ein lieber Vater wohnen. Ihr stürzt nieder, Millionen ? Ahnest du den Schöpfer, Welt ? Such ' ihn über 'm Sternenzelt ! Über Sternen muß er wohnen. Joy, beautiful spark of the gods, Daughter from Elysium, We enter, drunk with fire, Heavenly One, thy sanctuary ! Your magic binds again What convention strictly divides ;* All people become brothers, * Where your gentle wing abides. Who has succeeded in the great attempt, To be a friend 's friend, Whoever has won a lovely woman, Add his to the jubilation ! Indeed, who calls even one soul Theirs upon this world ! And whoever never managed, shall steal himself Weeping away from this union ! All creatures drink of joy At nature 's breast. Just and unjust Alike taste of her gift ; She gave us kisses and the fruit of the vine, A tried friend to the end. ( Even ) the worm has been granted sensuality, And the cherub stands before God ! Gladly, as His heavenly bodies fly On their courses through the heavens, Thus, brothers, you should run your race, As a hero going to conquest. You millions, I embrace you. This kiss is for all the world ! Brothers, above the starry canopy There must dwell a loving Father. Do you fall in worship, you millions ? World, do you know your creator ? Seek him in the heavens Above the stars must He dwell. Revisions The lines marked with * have been revised as follows : Original Revised Translation of original Translation of revision was der Mode Schwerd geteilt Was die Mode streng geteilt what the sword of custom divided What custom strictly divided The original meaning of Mode was `` custom, contemporary taste ''. Bettler werden Fürstenbrüder Alle Menschen werden Brüder beggars become brothers of lords All people become brothers Ode to Freedom Academic speculation remains as to whether Schiller originally wrote an Ode to Freedom ( Ode an die Freiheit ) and changed it to an Ode to Joy. ``... ( T ) he thought lies near that it was the early form of the poem, when it was still an ' Ode to Freedom ' ( not ' to Joy ' ), which first aroused enthusiastic admiration for it in Beethoven 's mind ''. Beethoven 's musical setting Beethoven house ( 1821 -- 1823 ) at the Rathausgasse 10, Baden bei Wien in Austria, where he wrote the Missa Solemnis and completed the 9th symphony `` Ode to Joy '' The ode is best known for its musical setting by Ludwig van Beethoven in the final movement of his Ninth Symphony ( completed in 1824 ), a choral symphony for orchestra, four solo voices and choir. Uses as a theme song This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2016 ) The basic melody was adopted for the hymn `` Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee '' ( aka `` The Hymn of Joy '' ) by Henry van Dyke, as well as for the songs `` A Song of Joy '' by Miguel Ríos, and `` Road to Joy '' by Bright Eyes. The tune was also used for the national anthem of Rhodesia. It has been used in a number of other contexts : notably in The Beatles ' second film, HELP !, Stanley Kubrick 's 1971 film A Clockwork Orange and in the Die Hard film franchise, as well as the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion and the film, Evangelion : 3.0 You Can ( Not ) Redo. In 1996, it became the theme song for Triple H in the World Wrestling Federation until early 1998. A version of the song was used as the Everybody Loves Raymond theme song. Recently, it is also used in the game Peggle. An instrumental version of this song is used as theme of the UEFA EURO 2016 Qualifiers and 2018 FIFA World Cup European Qualifiers matches, branded as `` European Qualifiers '', and since 2005 it is the Copa Libertadores official anthem. It is also used as a closing theme for both the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics television broadcasts on many networks. Classical radio station KUSC uses it as the official sign off for their pledge drive fundraising. In popular culture Over the years, Beethoven 's `` Ode to Joy '' has remained a protest anthem and a celebration of music. From demonstrators in Chile singing during demonstration against the Pinochet dictatorship, Chinese student broadcast at Tiananmen Square, the concert conducted by Leonard Bernstein after the fall of the Berlin Wall and Daiku ( Big Ninth ) concerts in Japan every December and one after the 2011 tsunami. It has recently inspired flashmob performances at public spaces by musicians in many countries worldwide, including Choir Without Borders 's 2009 performance at a train station in Leipzig, Germany, to mark the 20th and 25th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Hong Kong Festival Orchestra 's 2013 performance at a Hong Kong mall, and performance in Sabadell, Spain. A 2013 documentary, Following the Ninth, directed by Kerry Candaele, follows its continuing popularity. It was played after Emmanuel Macron 's victory in the 2017 French Presidential elections, when Macron gave his victory speech at the Louvre. Pianist Igor Levit played the piece at the Royal Albert Hall during the 2017 Proms. Other musical settings Other musical settings of the poem include : Christian Gottfried Körner ( 1786 ) Carl Friedrich Zelter ( 1792 ), for choir and accompaniment, later rewritten for different instrumentations. Johann Friedrich Reichardt ( 1796 ) Ludwig - Wilhelm Tepper de Ferguson ( 1796 ) Johann Friedrich Hugo von Dalberg ( 1799 ) Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg ( 1803 ) Franz Schubert 's song `` An die Freude '', D 189, for voice, unison choir and piano. Composed in May 1815, Schubert 's setting was first published in 1829 as Op. post. 111 No. 1. The 19th century Gesamt - Ausgabe included it as a lied in Series XX, Volume 2 ( No. 66 ). The New Schubert Edition groups it with the part songs in Series III ( Volume 3 ). Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( 1865 ), for solo singers, choir and orchestra in a Russian translation Pietro Mascagni cantata `` Alla gioia '' ( 1882 ), Italian text by Andrea Maffei `` Seid umschlungen, Millionen ! '' ( 1892 ), waltz by Johann Strauss II Z. Randall Stroope ( 2002 ), for choir and four - hand piano Joyful, Joyful, we adore thee -- English version of this song Romani variations ( 2007 ) Victoria Poleva ( 2009 ), for soprano, mixed choir and symphony orchestra Florian Müller, trance and hip - hop versions Maurice Steinecker, techno version Johannes Mössinger, performed by Johannes Mössinger, Peter Streicher and Matthias Daneck Rhapsodie sur l'Hymne Européen by Christophe Guyard ( jazz violin, big band, electric guitar ) References Jump up ^ The usual name of the Hymn tune is `` Hymn to Joy '' `` Hymnary -- Hymn to Joy ''. Retrieved 11 October 2013. Jump up ^ History of the Schiller House Jump up ^ The German text can be found at http://www.wissen-im-netz.info/literatur/schiller/briefe/koerner/1800/571.htm Jump up ^ Cf. Hans - Jürgen Schings : `` Philosophie der Liebe ( Philosophy of love ) und Tragödie des Universalhasses. Die Räuber im Kontext von Schillers Jugendphilosophie ( Schiller 's youth philosophy ) '' ( I ). In : Jahrbuch des Wiener Goethe - Vereins, vol. 84 / 85 ( 1980 / 1981 ), pp. 71 -- 95, here especially pp. 80 f. to Oetinger ( ib., note 45, to Breymayer 's research ). Jump up ^ Cf. Wolfgang Riedel : Die Anthropologie des jungen Schiller. Zur Ideengeschichte der medizinischen Schriften und der ' Philosophischen Briefe '. Würzburg 1985 ; esp. pp. 182 -- 198 : `` Liebe gleich Schwerkraft. Bausteine zu einer Metapherngeschichte '', pp. 198 -- 203 : `` Theosophie '', here esp. pp. 200 f. with note 242 to Oetinger and Detlev Clüver. Riedel mentions often Oetinger. Jump up ^ Cf. Peter - André Alt : Schiller. Leben -- Werk -- Zeit. München 2009, vol. 1. 1759 -- 1791 ), passim. Cf. especially vol. 1, p. 56 with note 54 on p. 676 : `` Karl Friedrich Harttmann, der... in enge Verbindung mit Oetinger trat, trug seit 1774 im Rahmen des von ihm versehenen Religionsunterrichts Prinzipien der pietistischen Lehre an der herzoglichen Akademie vor. Daß sie Spuren auch beim jungen Schiller hinterließ, demonstriert seine Liebesphilosophie ( philosophy of love ). '' Jump up ^ Cf. Reinhard Breymayer : Erhard Weigels Schüler Detlev Clüver und sein Einfluss auf Friedrich Christoph Oetinger ( 1702 -- 1782 ) (... ). In : Katharina Habermann, Klaus - Dieter Herbst ( Ed. ) : Erhard Weigel ( 1625 -- 1699 ) und seine Schüler. Universitätsverlag Göttingen, Göttingen 2016, pp. 269 -- 323, esp. 315 - 323 to Hahn and Schiller 's Ode. -- Reinhard Breymayer : Astronomie, Kalenderstreit und Liebestheologie. Von Erhard Weigel (... ) zu Friedrich Schiller, Johann Andreas Streicher, Franz Joseph Graf von Thun und Hohenstein, Mozart und Beethoven. Dusslingen : Heck 2016. Jump up ^ Duden, vol. 7, Das Herkuntswörterbuch. Mannheim : Bibliographisches Institut. 1963. p. 446. ISBN 3 - 411 - 00907 - 1. The word was derived via French from ultimately Latin wikt : modus. Duden cites as first meanings `` Brauch, Sitte, Tages -, Zeitgeschmack ''. The primary modern meaning has shifted more towards `` fashion ''. Jump up ^ W. Kubacki, `` Das Werk Juliusz Slowackis und seine Bedeutung für die polnische Literatur '', Zeitschrift für Slawistik, Volume 5, Issue 1 ( Jan 1960 ) Jump up ^ Das `` Alle Menschen werden Brüder '', das Schiller in seiner Ode an die Freude ( eigentlich Ode an die Freiheit ) formuliert,... - Alexander Görlach, `` Der Glaube an die Freiheit '', Debatte, 04.08. 2010 Jump up ^ Thayer, A.W. ( 1817 - 97 ), rev and ed. Elliot Forbes. Thayer 's Life of Beethoven. ( 2 vols. 1967, 1991 ) Princeton : Princeton University Press. p. 895. Jump up ^ UEFA European Qualifiers TV Intro on YouTube Jump up ^ Intro Copa Santander Libertadores 2010 on YouTube ^ Jump up to : Daniel M. Gold ( October 31, 2013 ). `` The Ode Heard Round the World : Following the Ninth Explores Beethoven 's Legacy ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 28 Sep 2014. Jump up ^ `` Video of flash mob -- Ode to Joy sung at Leipzig train station ( 8 November 2009 ) ''. You Tube. Dosenlicht. Retrieved 17 December 2015. Jump up ^ Megan Garber ( 9 July 2012 ). `` Ode to Joy : 50 String Instruments That Will Melt Your Heart ''. The Atlantic. Retrieved 2014 - 09 - 28. Jump up ^ `` Beethoven 's Flash Mobs ''. Bill Moyers. November 14, 2013. Jump up ^ Nougayrède, Natalie ( 8 May 2017 ). `` Macron 's victory march to Europe 's anthem said more than words ''. The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 16 July 2017. Jump up ^ `` EU anthem played at Proms ' first night ''. BBC News. BBC. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017. Jump up ^ Otto Erich Deutsch et al. Schubert Thematic Catalogue, German edition 1978 ( Bärenreiter ), pp. 128 -- 129 Jump up ^ `` Ode to Joy -- sung at Royal Albert hall ( London ) ''. British Christian Music Programme. Retrieved 11 October 2013. ^ Jump up to : Council of Europe. `` The European anthem ''. External links Works related to Ode to Joy at Wikisource German Wikisource has original text related to this article : An die Freude ( Schiller ) ( 1786 ) German Wikisource has original text related to this article : An die Freude ( Beethoven ) Media related to Ode an die Freude at Wikimedia Commons An die Freude text and translations at The LiederNet Archive German and English text, Schiller Institute Council of Europe. `` The European anthem ''. Ludwig van Beethoven 's Symphony No. 9 Musical settings `` Ode to Joy '' `` The Hymn of Joy '' `` A Song of Joy '' `` Anthem of Europe '' `` Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia '' `` Visan om solen, månen och planeterna '' Other `` Road to Joy '' `` Will You Be There '' Beethoven 's Ninth Symphony CD - ROM Copying Beethoven 9 Beet Stretch `` Deutschlandlied '' Songs by Franz Schubert Part songs `` Schwertlied '', D 170 `` An die Freude '', D 189 `` Ständchen '', D 920 Lieder `` Der Taucher '', D 77 `` Gretchen am Spinnrade '', D 118 `` Rastlose Liebe '', D 130 `` Der Mondabend '', D 141 `` Amphiaraos '', D 166 `` Die Bürgschaft '', D 246 `` Heidenröslein '', D 257 `` Vaterlandslied '', D 287 `` Hermann und Thusnelda '', D 322 `` Der Erlkönig '', D 328 `` Der König in Thule '', D 367 `` Der Wanderer '', D 489 `` Wiegenlied '', D 498 `` Der Tod und das Mädchen '', D 531 `` An die Musik '', D 547 `` Die Forelle '', D 550 `` Prometheus '', D 674 `` Willkommen und Abschied '', D 767 `` Der Zwerg '', D 771 `` Auf dem Wasser zu singen '', D 774 `` Du bist die Ruh ', D 776 `` Lachen und Weinen '', D 777 `` Nacht und Träume '', D 827 `` Ave Maria '', D 839 `` Im Frühling '', D 882 `` Ständchen '', D 889 `` An Sylvia '', D 891 `` Der Doppelgänger '', D 957 No. 13 `` Der Hirt auf dem Felsen '', D 965 Cycles Schubert 's song cycles, including : Die schöne Müllerin, D 795 Winterreise, D 911 Schwanengesang, D 957 Multiple Mignon `` Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt '' Romanze Sehnsucht Ständchen Trinklied `` Wandrers Nachtlied '' List of compositions by Franz Schubert List of compositions by Franz Schubert by genre Schubert opus / Deutsch number concordance VIAF : 187059293 LCCN : n86113990 GND : 4590404 - 2 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ode_to_Joy&oldid=804553517 '' Categories : Poetry by Friedrich Schiller 1785 poems Compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven 1824 compositions Hidden categories : Articles containing German - language text Wikipedia indefinitely move - protected pages Interlanguage link template link number Articles needing additional references from March 2016 All articles needing additional references All articles with vague or ambiguous time Vague or ambiguous time from October 2016 Commons category with local link different than on Wikidata Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Беларуская Беларуская ( тарашкевіца ) ‎ Български Brezhoneg Català Čeština Dansk Deutsch Ελληνικά Español Esperanto Euskara فارسی Français Frysk Gaeilge 한국어 Hrvatski Ido Bahasa Indonesia Interlingua Italiano עברית Kurdî Latina Latviešu Lumbaart Magyar Македонски Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Papiamentu Polski Português Română Русский Slovenčina Slovenščina Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska Türkçe Українська Tiếng Việt 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 9 October 2017, at 19 : 18. 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Question: who wrote the poem that the words come from ode to joy
Answer: Friedrich Schiller