Beethoven: The Poets’ Take: Anthony Anaxagorou, Raymond Antrobus & Ruth Padel
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The Oldto Joy by Tracy K, Smith and the American Poets Association
Beethoven's text for the oto joy was similar, but not identical, to a shiller's original. Because it was being set to music, he did have to adopt some of the language and change some of the words around in order to to fit it. In fact, tracy k, smith and the american poet laureat, has got an amazing version of od to joy. If anyone's interested in reading it, its up on lineand you can oese. What do you think he would say if somebody told him, 250 years from his birthday, we'd all be enjoying poetry with a glass of wine in london? I think he'd say,
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