[ot fh url] european national anthem

i've checked the web and, yes, the ode to joy (aka the prelude to the
last
movement of beethoven's ninth) is our anthem. i know that usually, the
fact that the web backs you up is not a good sine that you're right, but
in this case i'm willing to live with it. apparently, used since 1972 by
the council of europe and now the eu, since they are probably the same
thing in disguise.

i've got a canonical source:

europa.eu.int/en/eu/symbols.html

i bet most of you didn't even realise there was a .int domain, did you?
i
certainly didn't.

midi files of ode to joy (and soviet anthem!) at:

www.geocities.com/southbeach/palms/7001/files.html

Tom