As Maria Popova put it,
That is what Beethoven imagined, and invited humanity to imagine, the choral finale of his ninth and final symphony, known as “Ode to Joy” — an epochal hymn of the possible…
According to this, Ludwig van Beethoven was a proto-Radical.
Video
BTW, Maria’s post includes a video of the choral finale performed in a square in Sabadell, a catalonian town, in Spain. ∇
It really moved me to tears.
Community
We are all people, we are all family.
ENDNOTES
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Maria Popova. Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy“ Brought to Life in a Spanish Flashmob of 100 Musicians. <https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/05/07/ode-to-joy-flashmob/>
