Ode to Joy - EU Anthem for Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Aachen - Germany for Charlemagne award ceremony
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Ukraine’s president receives standing ovation as he accepts Charlemagne Prize at ceremony in Germany.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Ode an die Freude/Ode to Joy. It's a tune about peace: Ode to Joy represents the triumph of universal brotherhood against war and desperation. Indeed, Beethoven himself put to music a poem that praises and wishes for freedom and peace between all peoples.
Ukraine is fighting for Europe’s freedom and values, European Union leaders said Sunday, as they handed this year’s award for service towards European unity to the war-torn country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian people.
“Ukraine incarnates everything the European idea is living for: the courage of convictions, the fight for values and freedom, the commitment to peace and unity,” said EU chief Ursula von der Leyen, at the Charlemagne Prize ceremony, in the western German city of Aachen.
“President Zelensky and the people of Ukraine are fighting for the values and the obligation that this prize embodies. And in doing so, they are also fighting for our own freedom and our values,” she said, in a message echoed by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
For Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Russia’s war on its neighbor has “cemented one clear realization: Ukraine is part of our European family.”
#eudebates the unique initiative aiming to promote debate, dialogue, knowledge, participation and communication among citizens. #Zelensky #Scholz #Germany #AACHEN #Russia #Ukraine #Russia #sanctions #Putin #Awards #Charlemagne #EuropeDay #VonderLeyen #Democracy #peace #economicfreedom #freedom #Beethoven
Since 1985, Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy' has been the melody used to symbolise the European Union. Although there are no words in the official anthem, the poem 'Ode to Joy' expresses Schiller's vision of the human race becoming brothers – a vision Beethoven shared.
The “Ode to Joy” text that Beethoven employed, and slightly modified, was written by the German poet, Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, in the summer of 1785. It was a celebratory poem addressing the unity of all mankind.
The Ninth Symphony symbolizes powerfully the struggle through night into light, of progress against reaction, to which Beethoven dedicated his whole life and work. It is often expressed in a struggle between a dark minor key and a brilliant affirmative major key.
“The Hymn of Joy” (often called “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee” after the first line) is a poem written by Henry van Dyke in 1907 with the intention of musically setting it to the famous “Ode to Joy” melody of the final movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's final symphony, Symphony No. 9.
The symphony is one of the best known works of the Western classical repertoire and is considered one of Beethoven's masterpieces.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Ode an die Freude/Ode to Joy. It's a tune about peace: Ode to Joy represents the triumph of universal brotherhood against war and desperation. Indeed, Beethoven himself put to music a poem that praises and wishes for freedom and peace between all peoples.
Ukraine is fighting for Europe’s freedom and values, European Union leaders said Sunday, as they handed this year’s award for service towards European unity to the war-torn country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian people.
“Ukraine incarnates everything the European idea is living for: the courage of convictions, the fight for values and freedom, the commitment to peace and unity,” said EU chief Ursula von der Leyen, at the Charlemagne Prize ceremony, in the western German city of Aachen.
“President Zelensky and the people of Ukraine are fighting for the values and the obligation that this prize embodies. And in doing so, they are also fighting for our own freedom and our values,” she said, in a message echoed by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
For Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Russia’s war on its neighbor has “cemented one clear realization: Ukraine is part of our European family.”
#eudebates the unique initiative aiming to promote debate, dialogue, knowledge, participation and communication among citizens. #Zelensky #Scholz #Germany #AACHEN #Russia #Ukraine #Russia #sanctions #Putin #Awards #Charlemagne #EuropeDay #VonderLeyen #Democracy #peace #economicfreedom #freedom #Beethoven
Since 1985, Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy' has been the melody used to symbolise the European Union. Although there are no words in the official anthem, the poem 'Ode to Joy' expresses Schiller's vision of the human race becoming brothers – a vision Beethoven shared.
The “Ode to Joy” text that Beethoven employed, and slightly modified, was written by the German poet, Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, in the summer of 1785. It was a celebratory poem addressing the unity of all mankind.
The Ninth Symphony symbolizes powerfully the struggle through night into light, of progress against reaction, to which Beethoven dedicated his whole life and work. It is often expressed in a struggle between a dark minor key and a brilliant affirmative major key.
“The Hymn of Joy” (often called “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee” after the first line) is a poem written by Henry van Dyke in 1907 with the intention of musically setting it to the famous “Ode to Joy” melody of the final movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's final symphony, Symphony No. 9.
The symphony is one of the best known works of the Western classical repertoire and is considered one of Beethoven's masterpieces.