On this day, November 5, 2021, "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" was played at a funeral in Washington, DC.

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It was for Colin Powell, but I couldn't say so at the time, for fear of having the thread removed. Yeah. Some people liked to do that.

I went back and forth from my work computer to the TV set and watched the service intermittently.

This was the first hymn played when the casket had been brought into the cathedral.

Here's the same hymn, at an Episcopal church in New York City.

#376
"Joyful, joyful we adore thee", St. Bartholomew's Church
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Joseph Soltero
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#376 from The Hymnal 1982: the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost at St. Bartholomew's, an Episcopal church in New York City on July 10, 2011.

Words: Henry Van Dyke, late 19th century
Tune: 'Hymn to Joy', Beethoven, adapted by Edward Hodges, early 19th century

A bigger crowd, believe it or not:

ODE TO JOY JOYFUL, JOYFUL, WE ADORE THEE at ROYAL ALBERT HALL,LONDON 30 12 2012
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G5AppleMac
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I know what you're thinking; "I've heard that before."

Here, maybe?

Flashmob Flash Mob - Ode an die Freude ( Ode to Joy ) Beethoven Symphony No.9 classical music
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cd tube
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Flashmob Flash Mob - Ode an die Freude ( Ode to Joy ) Beethoven Symphony No.9 classical music

Sun Nov 5, 2023: On this day, November 5, 2021, "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" was played at a funeral in Washington, DC.

Sat Nov 5, 2022: On this day, November 5, 2021, there was a well attended funeral at Washington National Cathedral.

Fri Nov 5, 2021: On this day, November 5, 2021, there was a well attended funeral at Washington National Cathedral.