The Music of Friedrich Nietzsche - Albumblatt

[hernandoh0]

Es cierto. Sin música la vida sería un error.

Y sin errores la vida sería solamente música.

Por lo tanto sin música y sin errores la vida no sería tal.

Es muy extraña la vida, además de que carece de sentido.

[SadisticAzagthoth]

*me

[SadisticAzagthoth]

@mognite without music, life would be a mistake" already got it on my came out good!

[Ankhelinos]

The way this music talks, what a heart should we have to endure its beauty...

[SleepyDisso]

Insert pretentious comment

Just listen to the fucking music.

[JNathanK2011]

So true. A birds life would be meaningless without singing and flying, just as human life would be meaningless without music and all the other ways of manifesting the imagination.

[SadisticAzagthoth]

im getting this quote tatted on me next week!

[Robinzorz]

@SadisticAzagthoth You should totally get that in German!

[mognite]

@SadisticAzagthoth which quote

[stillceaser]

Great thinker. Shit musician,

[KKCvids]

@stillceaser You don't understand music....

[stillceaser]

@KKCvids yes, I thought someone might get a little precious about the topic. Nietzsche will have told you as much too.

[b4ssfactory]

@KKCvids lol if saying that Nietzsche was a bad musician means that you don't understand music, then that means his friend Richard Wagner didn't understand music either. He told him that he would be doing us all a favour by sticking to philosophy and leave the music alone... Listening to this I can't say I fully agree though, I quite like it, but its a very bold statement to say that someone doesnt understand something just because his opinion is different from your own.

[KKCvids]

@b4ssfactory First of all I didn't say that it was stillcaser i love nietzsche's music. And by the end of Nietzsche's life he wasn't a Wagner's friend he even said Richard you make music sick!

[b4ssfactory]

@KKCvids You don't have to explain the history of Wagner and Nietzsche to me. All I wanted to say is that somebody called Nietzsche a shit musician, and you replied he doesnt understand music. Whether Wagner and Nietzsche were friends or not isnt of any importance, whats important is that Wagner understood music, but he too thought Nietzsche to be a shitty musician. So, once again, you may like his music, but its not because someone else doesnt that they "dont understand it".

[jrferrio]

1000 years ahead his time

[BENandJUSTICE]

FYI the piece performed here is mistakenly labeled "Albumblatt", which is a much shorter and less significant work that FN composed, but "Der Zerbrochene Ringlein", which Nietzsche originally composed as a melodrama for narrator and piano.

[rlfulgham1]

Like everyone else who read Nietzsche seriously and intensely -- I believe no one really understands him but me. This music was Nietzsche and I literally loved it. But now I think everyone understands Nietzsche but me.

[stillceaser]

@rlfulgham1 Everyone has their own Nietzsche. Dont be swayed by posturing.

[2daewoo4u]

His musical work was highly criticized, but I think the most powerful theme behind his music was indifference. He was a man who really didn't care, but not in a sense that he put no heart into his music.

[BENandJUSTICE]

@2daewoo4u In a sense, you're right in that FN's lack of formal musical training did not hold him back from expressing himself musically, But he did care quite a lot about what others thought of his musical works, though he was loathe to perform or even have anyone hear them.But when the great conductor and pianist von Bulow heard his music, and trashed it mercilessly in writing, FN was deeply, deeply affected and hurt, so much so that he never composed again after Bulow's scathing critique.

[SetoneSetone]

where can i get this kinda music for my mp3 player . searched the whole day . mate please give me a hint

[BENandJUSTICE]

@SetoneSetone The CDs of the pianist John Bell Young, who is responsible for introducing the music of Nietzsche to the public some 20 years ago with the first commercial recordings of it on the Newport Classics label (solo and chamber music) are still available at Amazon. Now owned by Sony Classical, those Ds are out of print and pricey to buy at Amazon. . Some of his recordings of Nietzsche are available on YouTube, though I don'f know if these can be downloaded to a player.

[b4ssfactory]

@SetoneSetone if u want this kind of music on your mp3, or any music from youtube for that matter, type "youtube to mp3 converter" in google. You'll find a site where you won't have to download any program, you'll just type in the url of the site where the clip is located which u want to convert to mp3 and click download, the song will be downloaded. Hope that was helpfull

[MusicaRicercata]

Chopin really was a genius.

[valentinebombs]

I always had terrible thoughts about this man, resuming his life to contradiction and complaint. But this and other compositions, though musically modest, made me see the sensible human behind his implacable philosophy. I regret thinking so low of him specially when he struggled so hard his entire life. I enjoyed this piece very much, thank you for uploading it :)

[Uranggokil]

he's so inspiring me to not to be afraid to face the life without values... uebermensch!

[ZRMDMK]

wtf this guy is a genius.

[roman1akid]

@ZRMDMK Madman. He was a madman.

[maryamfazeli]

wondeful!!!! he was a great man !!! thanks

[PalmeroFriki]

creo que esta obra tiene tantos momentos buenos como desagradables y que la mejor forma de expresión es el arte(como él mismo dijo), su arte refleja muy bien su filosofía, pareciendo, como han dicho antes, que preguntase a través de las notas y llegase al vacío con los silencios, sin embargo no se queda ahí...

[samanta1pelaez]

su musica tiene un toque de interrogacion

como si cuestionara con ella

es genial igual que todo lo de el

[prometeo0112358]

¡Nietzsche manda...! En Filosofía y en Música rifa, es la ley...

[magmyj]

Does anybody have score to this piece?

[numbskull616]

i see less beauty than vivesection, in this piece, he bears open a soul in torment, and these folks say "beautiful". true to form.

[numbskull616]

@numbskull616 before i get lame comments, i'm an existensialist, the "soul" remark was for the novice....

[KatharsisWorks]

would you say, that this composition fits to a certain genre?

[MrLittleredridinghoo]

wow an amalgamation of some of my favorite things nietzsche and the piano concerto. moving.

[elvireE75]

merci infiniment pour ce choix superbe qui m'était inconnu

[Hagpwns]

"Be very careful when you spit against the wind." Thus Zaratustra spoke.

[Josezitoreq]

@Hagpwns "Be very careful when you leave a comment in Youtube." That's what I say

[prao100]

Live dangerously - Friedrich Nietzsche

[chaotic13000]

los superhombres contemporaneos nunca olvidaremos!

[NoMercyDB]

Como que le falta corazon a sus composiciones. Lo mas admirable es que al menos intento hacer lo que le gustaba

[Elias74065]

Nietzsche avait le sens de la mélodie non seulement comme pianiste amateur, mais également comme écrivain. Il savait faire chanter ses phrases.

[BENandJUSTICE]

Who is the pianist?

[ZRMDMK]

@BENandJUSTICE Zarathustra, I guess.

[infinitolynn]

really beautiful



[PABLOBINOL]

Presente en mi está tu nostalgia Fredrich, abismantes notas.

Fabuloso tema

[Heavymetalgamer28]

I personally consider Nietzsche my "mentor" as far as philosophy goes. Absolutely amazing music the man wrote and the quote in the description is truth.

[holyrosaria]

It's so great to have his music with me while reading his philosophical work :)

[madnietzschean]

the ubermensch himself☻

[KatharsisWorks]

@madnietzschean he was the contrary of the Übermensch

[madnietzschean]

@KatharsisWorks but not philosophically, in my opinion!

[KatharsisWorks]

@madnietzschean "what does not kill me, makes me stronger" - Nietzsche tried to live with all his vomits and head aches. The Übermensch does not care about the self-repeating world and Nietzsche did it the whole time. The Übermensch is that what Nietzsche wanted himself to be, what he needed to be. The basis of his whole philosophy are actually his own problems and some scientific rumours of his time...

[ac3man3]

@KatharsisWorks, hahaha your just another decadent who is probably to stupid to comprehend this mans work.

[KatharsisWorks]

@ac3man3  I actually think the same about you

[LukeShetler]

@KatharsisWorks I agree (isn't it obvious?). Nietzsche was a walking contradiction: Riddled with weakness and poor health, while decrying those like himself (along with himself). It's a rather sad story; maybe even sadder than Van Gogh's.

[ecal80]

@LukeShetler Van Gogh was not sad, he was a masochist.

[LukeShetler]

@ecal80 I didn't say Van Gogh was sad... I said his story was sad; just as Nietzsche's story is sad.

I'm usually against retroactive diagnosis, but I'm 95% sure that Van Gogh had bipolar disorder. There are people today who are diagnosed with much less evidence. Call him a masochist, but most people with bipolar disorder behave in the way he did without medication.

[ironsienna]

@LukeShetler

Shame on you. You put labels on the creativity of such Titans of art. Nietzsche said that you must never try to name what is this force that makes you creative or sad. Every single human being is different. Your way of thinking is the one that has led humans today feel guilty for their creativity. So go get your "bipolar disorder" label and stick it.. you know where..

[LukeShetler]

@ironsienna Shame on me? Lol, chill out. 'NIETZSCHE IS PERFECT! NIETZSCHE IS GOD!'

I'm sure he loves people doting over him like cattle.

As for bipolar disorder, your ignorance on the subject is clear and you are aware of your ignorance. That is, you know that you are not informed on the subject. People like you make me sad; strong opinions with no knowledge. The scientific method is greater than any philosopher, and most of them would agree. It's how we best gain information.

[dcslayer1]

@LukeShetler  Nietzche actually didn't want to be worshipped and wrote an essay on that..

[y34r]

@LukeShetler yes,Science is real,like religion was real once,

good luck though

[Elias74065]

" L'Art existe pour que nous ne mourrions pas de la vérite " Nietzsche.

[justchill919]

this is some sad shit. nietzsche, my friend, i feel your pain

[Varese13]

Actually, this piece, which is a first draft, later turned into a melodrama, or poetic piece recited (not sung) to a musical accompaniment. This was a format used by a number of 18th and 19th century composers, including Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann and Liszt. The title of the somewhat later piece by Nietzsche was "Das Zerbrochene Ringlein" or "The Broken Little Ring", which refers to a broken marriage engagement, based on a poem by Eichendorff.

[PhilosophicalViking]

Friedrich Nietzsche - On our modern music : "The decay of melody is the same as the decay of the "idea", of dialectic, of freedom of the most spiritual activity---a piece of clumsiness and constipation that is developing to new heights of daring and even to principles; ---finally, one has only the principles of one's talents, one's narrowmindedness of a talent."... - Will To Power, 1887

[pisihopat]

makes me erect

[tiopauleira]

So damn beautiful.

[Mig5720]

dancing with grace

[hier0phant]

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

[bayreuth79]

Without Nietzsche's music, life would not be a mistake.

[verlorenewar]

Find a woman with a man's values and run away with her. If you miss the opportunity, she will run away herself. -Nietzsche

[kjt1981]

Woah! Good thing he stuck to writing. Mind you Radiohead do this sort of thing all the time and are proclaimed godlike for it.

Go figure!

[babsaviki]

ras wvalobs :D

[rojurand]

It is amazing how a person that was so in touch with the truth and that know so much about the reality of Christianity end his last day insane, it is sarcastic isn't it? I love Nietzsche! His music and of course his philosophy!!

[DaveBritish]

Los flematicos son chandalas al igual que los biliosos.

Hay algo raro en este sonido, hay algo diferente.

[justchill919]

songs dont sound more depressing than the ones nietzsche writes

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

he wrote musical compositions?!?!

[ElAlphaOne]

@newFranzFerencLiszt He did lots of things. Phillosopher, psychologist, linguist, philologer, he studied Greek and classic culture... It's not strange he became mad...

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

@ElAlphaOne I can't undersatnd your conclusion... you mean that a great scholar like he was becomes necessarily mad?

[papapa421]

@ElAlphaOne, Nietzsche spent the last 11 years of his life in a mental institution due to syphilis. He did not become mad out of the blue.

[CrapnellGates]

@papapa421

It's widely debated whether or not it was syphilis or not. Many modern doctors posit instead a syndrome called Cadasil.

[ugovozz]

@newFranzFerencLiszt

Yes!

[NotInMyDojo69]

the wisest man admits he knows nothing

[blindfeeling]

it's the first time I hear him, and his music means some kind of happyness with a little of another thing. in anyway, I loved this song.

[skinkaoz]

Hermosa melodía, hace que mis sentimientos se eleven hasta el paroxismo.

[fortune32]

Sounds a bit like an impro. He maybe lacked 'education' in composing. Maybe from this derived his 'From the Soul of Artists and Writers' concepts.

[Anomal11]

Nietzsche is the most profound person ever lived, next to myself of course.

[acdcislaw]

@Anomal11 i believe you are second to me my friend

[Anomal11]

Well, if you claim to be as deep and thoughtful as I am, why don't you give me some example of your excellence. Then I might consider the possibility that there is a man who is equal to me in intelligence. So prove your wit!

[hipsonsogbo]

thats intelligence demanding someone to prove themself, bravo

[MrPontiusPilate]

@Anomal11

Maybe you should give an example of your excellence before asking it of others. So far you have only proved yourself to be annoying. I doubt you're not nearly as intelligent and witty as you may think. More or less, you're just an ineffective wannabe gad fly; of the common stock.

[CensuredMojos]

@Anomal11 Expressing ur Vanality on the net is a prove or ur great profoundness or should i say dumbness? do i become as dumb as you for showing your true self anonimously?

[leunameniet]

suchbeautiful music, reminds me of my time with depression

[bunlda]

"Ohne Musik Leben ein Fehler sein würde..."

[babelvideo]

Does anyone know where I can purchase (or download :P) his compositions? Please let me know!

[jameshighmore]

Thanks for putting these up. I only found out today that he was a composer too... you can really hear how his philosophy on art impacted on his actual compositons. Nice and jazzy, in a way.

[WoundedKite]

is this by the man himself? it's very nice, is there any more?

[Jnmcda0]

He did compose this song, but it is not him playing it. I believe Lauretta Altman is the person playing this particular song.

There are two volumes of Neitzsche's works that were re-created by faculty members of Concordia University in Montreal. This is from volume 1, which includes Neitzsche's compositions as a youth (written up to 1863).  Volume 2 includes latter compositions.

Ironically, some of the early works included on this CD include songs with lyrics taken from the Bible.

[BrianTheMusicMan]

Nietzsche was fond of the Bible, and Jesus too. It was Christianity he quarreled with so much =p

[babmousso]

fond of the bible and jesus?

He thought that was a slave, resentful type of religion. THe Jews resented the Egyptians and the Romans. THey felt they deserve justice etc... Nietzche despised that type of resentment and self pity.

[LichtungNym]

That's true. But he also thought Jews were the strongest race to ever live, that Jesus was one of the people who could be considered close to the "Superman" ideal, that the Bible is the most powerful book ever written... At the same time, he thought Jews were a poisonous people full of resentment, that Jesus was an idiot, an imbecile, a childish invidiual, that the Bible is a book of lies, babble and drivel for women. Also, he despised women. And loved them. All that is Nietzsche.

[DerPoltergeist13]

Nietzsche saw the duality of everything, the good and the bad; The yin-yang relationship if you will. He praised what should be praised, and condemned what should be condemned. If you have ever read the Tao-Te-Ching or studied eastern thought, you will find his concepts are often found there. He did praise Buddhism in the Antichrist. That being said i'm not a buddhist or daoist. Anyway, this is a wonderful piece.

[babmousso]

ok, that sounds like nietzsche ( contradiction, paradoxes are life)

Could you tell me where he spoke of jews and jesus in this positive way?

Thanks.

[ajhoover83]

@LichtungNym

No. It's your interpretation of Nietzsche.

[EnglishRepublicNow]

I think he admired Jesus's qualities. which resembled those of the idealised Übermensch.

[grazzum]

Nietzsche thought Jesus was admirable in his non-imperialistic love--opposite to that leveling effect Christianity imposed on its humanity, particularly during his time. He viewed Jesus as being idiotic in the sense of naivety; a radicalist in that he went against the values of of the previous ideology: the pagan/naturalistic/roman thought of will to power.

[earthatic]

really beautiful, puts me in a good mood

[MEpianist]

You should check out Scriabin then.

[Jenny212000]

beautiful :-)