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Lionel Mandrake

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7. The "Ode to Joy" of Schiller and Beethoven

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 10:49 PM

Dec 2012

expresses something that fits perfectly with the holiday spirit. It has become the European international anthem. The crowd was singing it their own language.

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I hope you all will go see the video embedded in the post I'm talking about here... [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 OP

really really nice annabanana Dec 2012 #1

Lovely - thank you CaliforniaPeggy! csziggy Dec 2012 #2

Thats the way to do it. Downwinder Dec 2012 #3

That makes me feel like Christmas for the first time this year! rurallib Dec 2012 #4

Aw, thank you, my dear rurallib... CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #6

That girl got her nickel's worth Brother Buzz Dec 2012 #5

The "Ode to Joy" of Schiller and Beethoven Lionel Mandrake Dec 2012 #7

A lot of fun.... WCGreen Dec 2012 #8

That is lovely too... CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #9

Wonderful! crim son Dec 2012 #10

I was thinking of doing that, my dear crim son! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #11

Thank you for sending us there.... Scruffy Rumbler Dec 2012 #12

You're very welcome, my dear Scruffy Rumbler! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #13

Beautiful. Have seen it many times. elleng Dec 2012 #14

Oh, I'm glad, my dear elleng! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #15

Good idea. elleng Dec 2012 #16

That is some amazing acoustics. Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 #17

Aren't they? I was bowled over. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #18

Thank you, Peggy. It was beautifully done. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #19

Beautiful!!! And my favorite part? MiddleFingerMom Dec 2012 #20

Was it THIS one? davsand Dec 2012 #21

Beethoven who wrote this music, couldn't hear a word or note of it. Stuart G Dec 2012 #22

He could only hear it........in his mind's ear. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #23