It was the setting of a poem by Friedrich Schiller called-- Ode to Joy?

这也是弗里德里希·席勒的组诗,叫做,欢乐颂

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So how does Beethoven go about making the Ode to Joy joyful?

那贝多芬是怎么把欢乐颂处理得那么令人,愉悦的呢

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And possibly the most conjunct of all melodies in the history of music was the melody that we looked at very briefly in the first gathering, and that is Beethoven's famous Ode to Joy.

大概在音乐史上,最为级进的旋律,是我们第一堂课上撇过一眼的,贝多芬的《欢乐颂》

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