The Joy of Reading! A Lesson on Schiller’s (and Beethoven’s) “An die Freude”

Friedrich Schiller’s lyrics “Freude, schöner Götterfunken…” (or even his name for that matter) might not be immediately recognizable to someone new to learning German. Luckily for language instructors, Beethoven’s decided to wed this poem to his iconic melody in fourth and final movement of his Ninth Symphony (refer to the video link below). Even a…

Posted by Kaleigh Bangor on December 3, 2013 in Reading, Reflections

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