[Frumious Bandersnatch]

Are you sure?  My mom used to play "Ode to Joy" all the time on the piano from a book of Schiller's works.

I agree that it doesn't diminish Beethoven's work, since borrowing from others wasn't uncommon.

[IronJack]

I believe Schiller was a poet, not a musician. It's time for some research.

[IronJack]

Well, I was close. Schiller was actually a playwright, a dramatist. See this link for a biography.