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. Recommended translation: Untimely Meditations, ed. Daniel Breazeale, trans. R. J. Hollingdale, 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 ear for… More

Commentary

• Wagner and Nietzsche

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