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- 1Beethoven's Ninth inspires a push to learn German●Thought: must learn German so that I can sing along to the Glorious 9th (as Alex calls it)...! # education # languages #
A classical music fan says the urge to sing along to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony has sparked a plan to learn German. The symphony, whose final movement sets Friedrich Schiller's 'Ode to Joy' in German, is nicknamed 'the Glorious 9th'. The idea also carries pop-culture echoes, as the Ninth famously features in 'A Clockwork Orange'.