Nietzsche and music

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Author

Georges Liébert

Publication

2004 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

72,750 words, Guess

Page Count

291 pages

Identifiers

Open LibraryOL15546865M
ISBN-100226480879
OCLC Control Number52464937
Library of Congress Control Number2003012778
Goodreads443147

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LibraryThing6082853

Classifications

LCCML423.N56 L5413 2004

Description

"Nietzsche and Music provides the first in-depth examination of the fundamental significance of music for Nietzsche's life and work. Nietzsche's views on music are essential for understanding his philosophy as a whole. Part biography and part critical examination, the work brilliantly demonstrates that despite failed attempts at a professional career as composer, Nietzsche never fully removed himself from the world of music but, instead, became a composer of philosophy, utilizing the musical form as a template for his own writings and creative thought. Liebert's study surveys Nietzsche's opinions about particular composers and compositions, as well as his more theoretical writings on music and its relation to the other arts. He also explores Nietzsche's listening habits, his playing and style of composition, and his many contacts in the musical world, including his controversial and contentious relationship with Richard Wagner. For Nietzsche, music gave access to a realm of wisdom that transcended thought. Music was Nietzsche's great solace; in his last years, it was his refuge from madness."--Jacket.