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How Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ became the ‘Anthem of Europe’
The great composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was plagued by financial difficulties throughout his life. If he were alive today, he would have been one of the richest musicians in the world from the royalties for his Ninth Symphony alone. The …