After the failure of his Symphony 8-and-a-Half: I Hate This Damn Piano!, Ludwig van Beethoven knocked one out of the park with his iconic work, Symphony No. 9. A mesmerizing blend of the ruminative and rhapsodic, culminating in the fourth movement’s “Ode to Joy,” the “Ninth” is among the most loved and recognizable pieces of classical music, influencing subsequent composers including Bruckner and Bartók, while also playing a large part in musically fueling the dystopian freakout that is Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 film, A Clockwork Orange.
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