It was his 9th Symphony that used a choir.
Beethoven's Symphony no. 9 in D Minor is also known as the "Choral Symphony" because it was the first to incorporate voice as one of the instruments.
Ludwig van Beethoven was the musician who wrote the famous Ninth Symphony, also known as The Choral. Rather than use the term "artist" as it is used by musicians today, Beethoven was referred to as a composer. This particular symphony, Beethoven's final and properly called Symphony no 9 in D minor, is famous for scoring a choir as one of the "instruments".
Ode to Joy, originally a poem by Friedrich Schiller, was written as the choral portion of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
The fifth Symphony
Fifth Symphony
"Ode to Joy" is contained in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, commonly known as the "Choral Symphony." It is featured in the final movement of the symphony, where the choir sings the famous text by Friedrich Schiller.
It's known as his "Choral" Symphony, because the last movement uses a choir.
Beethoven's most famous symphony was his fifth and ninth.
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Beethoven started this work in 1818 and it was completed in 1824. Beethoven's sketchbooks are also showing that the first bits of material that appeared in the symphony were written in 1811. This symphony is also the last symphony beethoven composed.
Beethoven dedicated his Symphony #3, the "Eroica" to Napoleon Bonaparte.
Beethoven was the composer and arranger of the original version of his Fifth Symphony.