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elleng

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Sun May 7, 2023, 12:18 AM May 2023

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was Premiered on this (7th May) day at 1824.

In 2001, Beethoven's autograph score of the Ninth Symphony, held by the Berlin State Library, was added to the United Nations World Heritage List, becoming the first musical score to be so honoured.

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Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was Premiered on this (7th May) day at 1824. (Original Post) elleng May 2023 OP
Cool. OAITW r.2.0 May 2023 #1
On this day, May 7, 1824: the world premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 #2

mahatmakanejeeves

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2. On this day, May 7, 1824: the world premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
Sun May 7, 2023, 09:04 AM
May 2023

Thu May 7, 2020: On this day, May 7, 1824: the world premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_7

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1824 – World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the composer's supervision.

I'll see if I can find a video of that....

Here you go. This is from a great movie:



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