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Ode to Joy for 21st Century - Becoming an Expert

John Shanahan
USA
2023
Schwaebisch Hall, Germany

Friedrich Schiller’s poem and Wolfgang Beethoven’s Choral Movement in his Ninth Symphony will be masterpieces for all time. Three important feelings are: a) happy, b) fulfilled, c) joyful.

The poetic and musical versions of “Ode to Joy” have particular significance in the late 20th and 21st Centuries as Europe, North America and Australia move away from the ideals of brotherhood and peace espoused in these works and toward One World Government run by unelected Elites who insist on abandoning the energy and energy by-products that created a magnificent modern world.