Manuscript title page of Symphony No. 3 ("Eroica"), showing the tear in the paper where Beethoven scratched out the original dedication to Napoleon, 1804.

Englische (English contradance) from film adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma.

The Berlin Philharmonic's music director Wilhelm Furtwängler shaking Hitler's hand after a performance. The finale of his legendary performance of Beethoven's 9th on April 20, 1942, Hitler's birthday, can be heard here.

Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, 1989

Chilean mothers protesting the Pinochet dictatorship and the disappearance of their sons, 1970s

Berlin Wall protests, 1989

Leonard Bernstein dismantling the Berlin Wall

Bernstein's score for his historic East Berlin concert on Christmas Day, 1989, 
replacing “Freude” (Joy) with “Freiheit” (freedom)

Still from “Immortal Beloved” (1994): young Beethoven stargazing from his window

Still from “Immortal Beloved”: Beethoven has fled from the city center of Bonn into the countryside to escape from his father as the 4th movement of the 9th Symphony plays in the background. He wades into a lake reflecting the moon and stars and floats there as the chorus sings “Ode to Joy” and the camera pans out. He has become one with the universe. Full scene here.

Beethoven's Choral Fantasy (1808). The chorus and soloists enter at about 15".