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By enumeration we find the use of "Freude" 161 times; of "Freudenlicht"
Paul Gerhardt as a Hymn Writer and his Influence on English Hymnody 1976
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The city's motto, "Freude" (joy), comes right out of Beethoven's famous Ninth Symphony, "Choral," and its main park has an imposing, stern statue of him.
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Schadenfreude, as he did not quite get round to saying, was about the only Freude left to us after seeing England's champions thoroughly shredded.
Sky, ITV and my daughter all agree: Barcelona are quite good | Martin Kelner 2011
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For the people who are left behind while out Neu European Worker drives off to Greece in their Volkswagen (once know as the KDF car (Strength thru Joy, Kraft durch Freude)) will other people who still have to work?
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » “Rights”: I Do Not Think That Word Means What You Think It Means 2010
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Last week I was on the Baltic island of Rügen and made a visit to Prora, the astonishing 4.5km-long concrete holiday resort Hitler built in the 30s to house 20,000 Aryans on "Kraft durch Freude" Strength Through Joy breaks during the summer months.
Without tourists, Berlin is stuffed. But try telling that to the angry natives | Helen Pidd 2011
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The other two pieces on the program were John Cage's early "In a Landscape" (originally for piano), a contemplative and romantically atmospheric rumination, and a delightful new work by Brooklyn Rider violinist Colin Jacobsen called "Sheriff's Lied, Sheriff's Freude" ( "Sheriff" is violist Nicholas Cords's nickname).
Performing Arts: Kelli O'Hara lights up the Kennedy Center Nelson Pressley 2010
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Only in the glorious fourth and last movement does Beethoven introduce his chorus and soloists -- and the words to Friedrich von Schiller's "Ode to Joy": "Freude, schöner Götterfunken/Tochter aus Elysium" -- "Joy, beautiful divine spark/Daughter of Elysium."
'The Ninth: Beethoven and the World of 1824,' by Harvey Sachs 2010
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I never thought I'd be cheering on that odious little trool and his merry band, but my Scaden is connected to my Freude.
Club For Growth Slams McCain: He's "Afraid Of Getting Booed" 2009
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Ich stehe eben in einer Situation, wo eine absolute Selbstaufopferung - von Arbeitsfreude, Kameradschaft, künstlerischem Schaffen, Ruhe, Harmonie - verlangt wird, und ich habe so schwer ein solches Opfer zu bringen, jedenfalls kann es nicht mit Freude geschehen.
Karin Boye - a biographical profile - 8 David McDuff 2009
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Ich stehe eben in einer Situation, wo eine absolute Selbstaufopferung - von Arbeitsfreude, Kameradschaft, künstlerischem Schaffen, Ruhe, Harmonie - verlangt wird, und ich habe so schwer ein solches Opfer zu bringen, jedenfalls kann es nicht mit Freude geschehen.
Archive 2009-11-01 David McDuff 2009
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