Editing Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) (section)

===Use as (national) anthem===
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During the [[division of Germany]] in the [[Cold War]], the "Ode to Joy" segment of the symphony was played in lieu of a national anthem at the Olympic Games for the [[United Team of Germany]] between 1956 and 1968. In 1972, the musical backing (without the words) was adopted as the [[Anthem of Europe]] by the [[Council of Europe]] and subsequently by the [[European Communities]] (now the [[European Union]]) in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://europa.eu/abc/symbols/anthem/index_en.htm|title=The European Anthem|website=europa.eu|date=16 June 2016}}</ref> The "Ode to Joy" was used as the national anthem of [[Rhodesia]] between 1974 and 1979, as "[[Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia]]".<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cHBmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XosNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6475,5011881&dq "Rhodesia picks Ode to Joy"], ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'', 30 August 1974</ref> During the early 1990s, South Africa used an instrumental version of "Ode to Joy" in lieu of its national anthem at the time "[[Die Stem van Suid-Afrika]]" at sporting events, though it was never actually adopted as an official national anthem.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/24/opinion/l-south-africa-poaches-on-europe-s-anthem-000891.html|title=Opinion &#124; South Africa Poaches on Europe's Anthem|newspaper=The New York Times|date=24 November 1991}}</ref>