Editing Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) (section)

===Other ninth symphonies===
The scale and influence of Beethoven's ninth led later composers to ascribe a special significance to their own ninth symphonies, which may have contributed to the cultural phenomenon known as the [[curse of the ninth]]. A number of other composers' ninth symphonies also employ a chorus, such as those by [[Kurt Atterberg]], [[Mieczysław Weinberg]], [[Edmund Rubbra]], [[Hans Werner Henze]], and [[Robert Kyr]]. [[Anton Bruckner]] had not originally intended his unfinished [[Symphony No. 9 (Bruckner)|ninth symphony]] to feature choral forces, but the use of his choral ''Te Deum'' in lieu of the uncompleted Finale was supposedly sanctioned by the composer.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bruckner's Te Deum: A Hymn of Praise |url=https://thelistenersclub.com/2021/03/10/bruckners-te-deum-a-hymn-of-praise/ |access-date=6 October 2021 |work=The Listeners' Club |date=10 March 2021}}</ref> [[Dmitri Shostakovich]] had originally intended his [[Symphony No. 9 (Shostakovich)|Ninth Symphony]] to be a large work with chorus and soloists, although the symphony as it eventually appeared was a relatively short work without vocal forces.<ref>Fay, Laurel E. Shostakovich: A life. Oxford University Press, 2000.</ref>

Of his own Ninth Symphony, [[George Lloyd (composer)|George Lloyd]] wrote: "When a composer has written eight symphonies he may find that the horizon has been blacked out by the overwhelming image of Beethoven and his one and only Ninth. There are other very good No. 5s and No. 3s, for instance, but how can one possibly have the temerity of trying to write another Ninth Symphony?"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7951321--george-lloyd-symphonies-nos-2-9|title=George Lloyd: Symphonies Nos 2 & 9|access-date=22 Jan 2021}}</ref> [[Niels Gade]] composed only eight symphonies, despite living for another twenty years after completing the eighth. He is believed to have replied, when asked why he did not compose another symphony, "There is only one ninth", in reference to Beethoven.<ref>{{cite book|last=Henriques|first=Robert|year=1891|title=Niels W. Gade|location=Copenhagen|publisher=Studentersamfundets Førlag [Student Society]|language=da|page=23|oclc=179892774}}</ref>