LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Power of Song by Friedrich Schiller. Translated by Edgar A. Bowring This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 1, 2023. ------ Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. His An die Freude (Ode to Joy) (1785) became the basis for the fourth movement of Beethoven's ninth symphony. (Wikipedia)