No, it was written by Beethoven as a choral finale to his Symphony #9. The melody was cobbled into a church hymn, the music adapted by Edward Hodges, the lyrics by Henry van Dyke.
Ode to Joy is not a Christmas Carol. It has been adapted as a hymn, but not a carol.
The actual letters to the "Ode to Joy" melody are Ode an die Freude, which means "Ode to Joy" in German.
Ode To Joy (Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee)
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It's the "Ode to Joy", originally a poem written by Schiller, later on, Beethoven made a symphony out of it (Symphony No. 9). Today it's mostly known as the hymn of the European Union.
ode to joy is classical, it's what beetoven does.
Friedrich Schiller wrote the poem "Ode to Joy" in 1785.
Ode to Joy - album - was created on 2003-04-15.
"Joyful" is a fitting and expressive adjective for Beethoven's "Ode to Joy."
A good hymn for Mother's Day might be "Amazing Grace", "Blessed Assurance" and "Ode to Joy". There are many excellent choices that would be appropriate.
Amazing Grace is easier than Ode To Joy. That's why Amazing Grace is the Brown belt and Ode to Joy is the Black belt.
beethovenThe "Ode to Joy" is the 4th Movement of Ludwig Van Beethoven's 9th Symphony.