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"To Joy" ('''''An die Freude''''' in German , in English often familiarly called the '''''Ode to Joy''''' rather than ''To Joy'') is an Ode written in 1785 by the German poet and historian Friedrich Schiller , known especially for its musical setting by Ludwig Van Beethoven in the fourth and final movement of his Ninth Symphony (completed in 1824), for four solo voices, chorus, and orchestra.

Less famous musical settings of the poem include:


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