Tag: Music

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Major Works

  • The Birth of Tragedy

    - Die Geburt der Tragödie, Oder: Griechenthum und Pessimismus, 3rd ed., 1886. Recommended translations:
    • The Birth of Tragedy and The Case of Wagner, trans. Walter Kaufmann, Random House, 1967.
    • The Birth of Tragedy & The Genealogy of Morals, trans. Francis Golffing, Doubleday, 1956.
    Excerpt: Whatever may be at the bottom of this questionable book, it must have been an exceptionally significant and fascinating question, and deeply personal at that: the time in which it was written, in spite of which it was written, bears witness to… More

  • The Case of Wagner

    - Der Fall Wagner: Ein Musikanten-Problem, 1888. Recommended translation: The Birth of Tragedy and The Case of Wagner, trans. Walter Kaufmann, Random House, 1967.
    Excerpt: I am writing this to relieve my mind. It is not malice alone which makes me praise Bizet at the expense of Wagner in this essay. Amid a good deal of jesting I wish to make one point clear which does not admit of levity. To turn my back on Wagner was… More

  • Untimely Meditations

    - Unzeitgemässe Betrachtungen, 1876. Nietzsche, Friedrich. Untimely Meditations. Edited by Daniel Breazeale. Translated by R. J. Hollingdale. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983, 1997.
    Excerpt: “I. David Strauss, the Confessor and the Writer Public opinion in Germany seems almost to forbid discussion of the evil and perilous consequences of a war, and especially of one that has ended victoriously: there is thus all the more ready an… More

Commentary

  • Wagner and Nietzsche

    - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Wagner and Nietzsche, trans. Joachim Neogroschel, Seabury Press, 1976.