Political significance has attached to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Leonard Bernstein conducted a version of the 9th in Berlin, with "Freiheit" ("Freedom") replacing "Freude" ("Joy"), to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall during Christmas 1989.
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From darker days--
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqff1F0Ijn0
Speaking metaphorically, the Jew has the final say.
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