Not in the usual sense it comes from the choral part of Beethoven"s Ninth Symphony and was revived ( not in the Christmas season) by an Hispanic artist in I believe l97l during the Beethoven Bicentennial. It has a vocal component ( the song was entitled song of Joy- Himno de Alegria- Hymn to Joy. There are a number of lyrical variants including O , Du Holder Abendstern- roughly- one has to insert an adjective to get it to make sense in English- Behold the Magnificent Evening Star! in either version it is not a Christmas composition like, to keep things Germanic- O Tannenbaum.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Bach composed a Cantata entitled "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring". Beethoven composed "Ode to Joy" as a part of his 9th Symphony.
The Christmas song with joy, joy, joy is a German hymn translated into English, How Great Our Joy.
Beethoven was a very famous composer. His song "Ode to Joy" is very easy to sing because there are very few high notes, and it is conjunct.
No, "Ode to Joy" is not a Christmas carol. It is a well-known musical piece from Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and is often associated with celebration and unity rather than Christmas specifically.
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My fav song is ode to joy
ode to joy
ode to joy
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Bach composed a Cantata entitled "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring". Beethoven composed "Ode to Joy" as a part of his 9th Symphony.
The Christmas song with joy, joy, joy is a German hymn translated into English, How Great Our Joy.
Beethoven's ode to joy
The actual letters to the "Ode to Joy" melody are Ode an die Freude, which means "Ode to Joy" in German.
It is not a real song. It is just a parody of the song, Ode to Joy, by Beethoven.