Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven)

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:orchestra
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Choral_Symphony gptkb:Beethoven's_Ninth_Symphony
gptkbp:author	gptkb:Friedrich_Schiller
gptkbp:catalogueNumber	gptkb:Op._125
gptkbp:composer	gptkb:Ludwig_van_Beethoven
gptkbp:dedicatedTo	gptkb:Friedrich_Wilhelm_III_of_Prussia
gptkbp:duration	about 70 minutes
gptkbp:firstMovement	gptkb:Allegro_ma_non_troppo,_un_poco_maestoso
gptkbp:fourthPlace	gptkb:Presto_–_Allegro_assai
gptkbp:genre	classical music
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
gptkbp:influenced	many later composers
gptkbp:influencedBy	Friedrich Schiller's poem
gptkbp:inPopularCulture	featured in 'A Clockwork Orange' performed at Olympic Games performed at the fall of the Berlin Wall used in New Year's concerts
gptkbp:key	D minor
gptkbp:movement	4
gptkbp:notableFor	use of choir in final movement
gptkbp:notableRecording	gptkb:Herbert_von_Karajan_1962_Berlin_Philharmonic gptkb:Wilhelm_Furtwängler_1951_Bayreuth
gptkbp:openToPublic	yes
gptkbp:opusNumber	gptkb:Op._125
gptkbp:orchestration	orchestra, choir, soloists
gptkbp:originalLanguage	gptkb:German
gptkbp:premiereDate	7 May 1824
gptkbp:premiereLocation	gptkb:Theater_am_Kärntnertor,_Vienna
gptkbp:publisher	gptkb:Schott_Music
gptkbp:secondMovement	gptkb:Molto_vivace
gptkbp:significance	considered one of the greatest works in classical music first major symphony to use voices
gptkbp:soloists	gptkb:bass_guitar soprano alto
gptkbp:structure	four movements
gptkbp:supportsLanguage	gptkb:German
gptkbp:text	gptkb:Ode_to_Joy
gptkbp:theme	freedom universal brotherhood joy
gptkbp:thirdPlace	gptkb:Adagio_molto_e_cantabile
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	2001
gptkbp:usedAs	gptkb:anthem_of_the_European_Union
gptkbp:writtenBy	1822 1824
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:European_Romanticism gptkb:Ode_to_Joy
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5