Beethoven composed his Ninth Symphony between 1822 and 1824, setting Friedrich Schiller's poem Ode to Joy to music in its final movement, where a choir joins the orchestra for the first time in a symphony of this scale. Premiered in Vienna in 1824, the melody became one of the most recognised themes in classical music and was later adopted as the anthem of Europe. Its association with unity, triumph and shared celebration keeps it in constant use online, especially in edits that need instant grandeur without words.