The final movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (1824) features the famous "Ode to Joy" theme set to Friedrich Schiller's poem, making it one of the most recognized pieces in the Western classical canon. Remarkably, Beethoven composed this monumental choral symphony while completely deaf, and it was designated a UNESCO Memory of the World in 2001.
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