Can you name some 20th and 21st century compositions quoting Beethoven symphonies?

American composer Charles Ives quotes the opening four note motif from Beethoven's C minor 5th symphony several times in his Piano Sonata No. 2, ('Concord').

It's also quoted in the Adagio from his earlier 2nd Symphony. I understand he had quite the fondness for such things.

I can think of a few, but most of them are pop music that basically reworked themes from Beethoven symphonies--and I'm not sure if that's what you want.

This is one that is an especially horrible use of his famous Fifth Symphony:

This came out in 1976 when EVERYTHING was given disco beat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGQVETVVGf0

This is an adaptation of the second movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7

The text is an Italian translation of Goethe's "Erlkoenig"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wuo6PUeyHmA

Less of a stretch, was the use of the final movement of his 9th symphony for the hymn "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee", which is included included even today in many Christian hymnals. It came out in the first decade or so of the 20th century.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyful,_Joyful_We_Ado...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fkvyYNsjPc

A more "jazzed up" version. I should have posted this first without identifying where it came from, and see if anyone could recognize the tune. LOL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLWhfxq8Jhs&feature...

Of course, 20th century pianist Glenn Gould made some notable recordings of transcriptions of Beethoven's 5th & 6th symphonies, but these piano arrangements were done by 19th century composer Franz Liszt.

Alfred Schnittke quotes Beethoven's Fifth Symphony in the Gogol Suite, I think it's either in the Overture or the next track.

There was an opera by a German composer which quotes Beethoven's 7th; I can't for the life of me remember his name, but it was a featured addition on the Naxos Music Library a few weeks ago.

Not classical, but nonetheless an answer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g40J4iJV6po .

It is difficult to think of other examples because Beethoven is not normally reputed for great melodies, which are normally the bit which gets quoted. Listen to the end of the last movement of Paul Hindemith's "Symphonic Metamorphosis"- I am convinced that there is some heavy borrowing from Beethoven there, but unfortunately I could not name the specific symphony that comes to mind.

And here is a piece which literally quotes the entire 9th Symphony, just slowed donw: http://www.villagevoice.com/2004-02-10/music/norwe... .

It is a hard question to answer, but I am sure other people will be able to give better answers, and hope mine are useful.

Sir Arthur Bliss quotes the opening motif from Beethoven's fifth symphony in his score for the movie "Things to Come"

The third movement of Luciano Berio's Sinfonia quotes the second movement of Beethoven's Pastorale symphony, as well as a host of other works from other composers.

If you're looking for the seminal deconstructionist work, this is the one.

I can only name one, and that is the late "Metamorphosen" for 23 Strings by Richard Strauss, which, at the very end, quotes the funeral march from the Third symphony (in the double basses).

During WWII , the opening of the 5th was frequently used in patriotic music since dit dit dit dah is the Morse code symbol for the letter V (for Victory).