Completed in 1824, it includes, as text sung by the soloists and the chorus in its last movement, part of the "Ode an die Freude" ("Ode to the Joy") by Friedrich Schiller.
The second and final movements are featured prominently in the film A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick, and part of the fourth movement was chosen to be, in an adapted form, the anthem of the European Union (EU).
Presto/recitative[?] - Allegro ma non troppo/recitative - Vivace[?]/recitative - Adagiocantabile[?]/recitative - Allegro assai/recitative - Presto/recitative: "O Freunde" - Allegro assai: "Freude, schöner Götterfunken" - Alla marcia - Allegro assai vivace[?]: "Froh, wie seine Sonnen" - Andantemaestoso[?]: "Seid umschlungen, Millionen!" - Adagio ma non troppo, ma divoto: "Ihr, stürzt nieder" - Allegro energico, sempre ben marcato: "Freude, schöner Götterfunken" / "Seid umschlungen, Millionen!" - Allegro ma non tanto: "Freude, Tochter aus Elysium!" - Prestissimo: "Seid umschlungen, Millionen!"
