Its third movement begins in B minor with string pizzicato accompaniment and crescendos to an E flat major fanfare, while its scherzo second movement includes trombones in a D major trio.
This piece was intended to be followed by one that would use text from the Greek Cantique Ecclesiastique. Its original final movement eventually became its composer's String Quartet in A minor, Opus 132. Its third movement begins in B minor with string pizzicato accompaniment and crescendos to an E flat major fanfare, while its scherzo second movement includes trombones in a D major trio. In 1989, Leonard Bernstein conducted a version of this work in which the vocalists used the word (*) "Freiheit," or freedom, instead of "Freude." Its fourth movement is an expression of the ideal of "universal brotherhood" and consists of variations on Schiller's poem "Ode to Joy." For 10 points, name this final symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, known as the "Choral."
This piece was intended to be followed by one that would use text from the Greek Cantique Ecclesiastique.
Ludwig van {Beethoven's Symphony} No. {9} [accept equivalents; accept {Choral Symphony} before mention; accept {Beethoven's Opus 125}; “{symphony}” and “{Beethoven}” are not required after they are read]