Zur Namensfeier day in 1814, he was unable to finish it in time, so he set aside work on it until the following spring. The theme at the beginning is related to that which he used to set Schiller's Ode to Joy in his Ninth Symphony nine years later. In spite of its late opus number, it is a middle-period composition. Beethoven used ideas which he had sketched between 1810 and 1814; his earliest "late period" compositions are usually dated to 1816. Zur Namensfeier Zur Namensfeier (French: "", English: "Feastday" or "Name day"), Op. 115, is a symphonic overture in C major
The Ninth Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven and Other Lost Songs Best Novelette. The Ninth Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven and Other Lost Songs "The Ninth Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven and Other Lost Songs" is a 1977 science fiction short story by Carter Scholz. It was first published in "Universe 7". Time travelling musicologists enter the mind of Ludwig van Beethoven so as to observe the creation of his ninth symphony, but their presence changes things in unexpected ways, and the symphony is lost. "The Ninth Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven and Other Lost Songs" was a finalist for the 1977 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and the 1978 Hugo