Form scheme 4th movement
variation form (Haupttonart D minor/D major)
| Introduction | Fanfare
Instrumental recitative
Reminiscences from the first 3 movements
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| Main theme | "Joy, thou shining spark of God" instrumental |
| Recitative | "O friends, not these sounds" |
| Main theme | "Joy, thou shining spark of God" |
| 1st variation | "All the world's creatures draw draughts of joy" |
| 2nd variation | "Joyous as his suns", B major |
| 3rd variation | Double fugue with head of the theme |
| 4th variation | "Joy, thou shining spark of God" D major |
| Bridge group | 1st theme: "Be embraced, all ye millions"
2nd theme: "Do you kneel before him, millions?" |
| 5th variation | Double fugue with joy theme and brotherhood theme |
| Coda |
