Classical odes are usually sung by one person, and sometimes accompanied by Musical Instruments. They have the structure of a three part stanza:
1. the strophe
2. the antistrophe
3. the epode
Modern odes are less formal. They are not usually sung, but rather declared, and there are not really rules as to how to write them.
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Ode to joy and londen bridges falling down
At the begininning of the Classical movement there were three, but our good friend Mozart (I believe) added a new third (usually consisting of a minuet or rondo - a dance movement at any rate) and thus there were four. Generally, first movement fast tempo, second slow, third dance and fourth fast. Of course, Beethoven added VOICES to the fourth movement, i.e., Ode to Joy as the fourth movement in his 9th symphony.
Ode to the Death of Jazz was created in 1990.
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