Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, is the final complete symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1822 and 1824. It was first performed in Vienna on 7 May 1824. One of the best-known works in common practice music, it is regarded by many critics and musicologists as one of Beethoven's greatest works and one of the supreme achievements in the history of western music. In the 2010s, it stands as one of the most performed symphonies in the world. The symphony was the first example of a major composer using voices in
Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven) initially, the Italian phrase "Intitolata Bonaparte" ("Titled Bonaparte"), secondly, the German phrase "Geschriben auf Bonaparte" ("Written for Bonaparte"), four lines below the Italian sub-title. Three months after retracting his initial Napoleonic dedication of the symphony, Beethoven informed his music publisher that "The title of the symphony is really "Bonaparte"". In 1806, the score was published under the Italian title "Sinfonia Eroica ... composta per festeggiare il sovvenire di un grande Uomo" ("Heroic Symphony, Composed to celebrate the memory of a great man"). Composed from the autumn of 1803 until the spring of 1804, the earliest rehearsals and performances of the