Can’t Help But Sing of Joy

Score for the choral section of Beethoven’s Ninth.

Orchestra rehearsal at Bandō Prisoner of War Camp. Photo taken from “Daiku no sato Doitsu mura: Bandō furyo shūyōjo, kaiteiban” [Village of the Ninth, German Town: Bandō Prisoner of War Camp, revised edition], by Hayashi Keisuke (Inoue Shobō).

The Tanakas (from left): Noriyuki, Yoshio, and Tamiko.

From left, Fukashiro Miho and her son Taiki.

Tone Kunitake (center). “I decided to be self-employed so that I could concentrate on the chorus.”

Around 200 people attended this rehearsal.

Matsuura Yukari.

Chorus members singing their respective parts.

Ōno Sanae.