[the bottle let me down]

Yes and no--the music is an arrangement from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which has been adapted for a number of hymns. The lyrics were not, however Schiller's "Ode to Joy."

In this case the hymn is "Sing with all the saints in glory." The music is also used in the hymn "Joyful, Joyful, we adore thee."

[TET1968]

As the funeral procession moved toward the Capitol, The marching band was playing portions of a military score that seemed to match the cadence. As I listened to it, tips of shining bayonets passed across my screen. Does anyone know
the name of arrangement?