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Piano Board => Repertoire => Topic started by: pies on June 05, 2007, 05:01:18 AM
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Interesting... didn't know he composed. The Wikipedia article on him makes no mention of it. Perhaps someone would like to write about his musical contributions on Wiki?
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I have only seen sheetmusic for his compositions, but I haven't heard anything. Looks rather interesting. Doesn't look out of the ordinary (for his time). I will look around for some audio files.
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It's actually pretty bland, tbh.
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Soliloquy speaks the truth
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I would have to agree. His philosophical works are more interesting.
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I believe in that time musical education was far more important than today, so most everyone had formal training in theory and an instrument. I guess nietzche's creative mind just led him to compose, even if in a tentative fashion.
here is a list of his works , including music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Friedrich_Nietzsche
actually I like this a Allegro a bit. very much like Haydn, and near the end that minor part made me think he was copying Beethoven's Op. 27 No.2, that scared me! But, in the end, a pretty little piece. :)
I love his writing though.
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From my understanding, he was a natural musical talent and great improviser.
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Well I once played a Polka by Nietzsche but I didn't like it so much, it was after all a bit weak. I think it was even titled "Mazurka" but written in 2/4 time :P A mazurka in 2/4 ??? And Nietzsche is not at all my favorite philosopher. But this poem by him is one of my favorites and sounds like wonderful, a bit dark but very interesting music to me:
O man! Take heed!
What saith deep midnight's voice indeed?
"I slept my sleep—
"From deepest dream I've woke and plead:—
"The world is deep,
"And deeper than the day could read.
"Deep is its woe—
"Joy—deeper still than grief can be:
"Woe saith: Hence! Go!
"But joys all want eternity—
"Want deep profound eternity!"
I second that. Since twenty years :P Or more.
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"Without music, life would be a mistake" (Nietzsche)
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But this poem by him is one of my favorites and sounds like wonderful, a bit dark but very interesting music to me:
O man! Take heed!
What saith deep midnight's voice indeed?
"I slept my sleep—
"From deepest dream I've woke and plead:—
"The world is deep,
"And deeper than the day could read.
"Deep is its woe—
"Joy—deeper still than grief can be:
"Woe saith: Hence! Go!
"But joys all want eternity—
"Want deep profound eternity!"
I second that. Since twenty years :P Or more.
You are familiar with Mahler's 3rd Symphony? :)
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I did a dissertation on Nietzsche's metaphysic and musc - there are recordings of his piano pieces - some duets too - The aren't brilliant, but it shows that he had some musical understanding when critical about other composers
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His music is pretty bad.
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You are familiar with Mahler's 3rd Symphony? :)
I guess I should become familiar with it, now you say this :-[
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I guess I should become familiar with it, now you say this :-[
With six movements, 110 minutes in length it's Mahler's longest symphony, but what applies to this thread is that the fourth movement is a setting of the quoted Nietzsche poem for a contralto soloist. I can upload that one movement if you're interested.
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With six movements, 110 minutes in length it's Mahler's longest symphony, but what applies to this thread is that the fourth movement is a setting of the quoted Nietzsche poem for a contralto soloist. I can upload that one movement if you're interested.
Yeah I am interested, but be careful with copyright. :P :)
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https://rapidshare.com/files/38561971/o_mensch.mp3.html
From Mahler's 3rd Symphony, this is a low bit rate mp3 of the fourth movement only, sourced from a live radio broadcast of the symphony (released on Tahra, but oop) with Charles Adler conducting the Vienna Symphony Orchestra April 20, 1952. Hilde Rössl-Majdan is the fantastic alto soloist. Now in choosing a recording to upload, I realized again how great the symphony is. If you like the setting of the Nietzsche, and are interested in a full performance, I've an abundance of live, noncommercial recordings that can be offered. :)
O Mensch! Gib Acht!
Was spricht die tiefe Mitternacht?
"Ich schlief, ich schlief—,
aus tiefem Traum bin ich erwacht:—
Die Welt ist tief,
und tiefer als der Tag gedacht.
Tief ist ihr Weh—,
Lust—tiefer noch als Herzeleid.
Weh spricht: Vergeh!
Doch all' Lust will Ewigkeit—,
—will tiefe, tiefe Ewigkeit!"
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https://rapidshare.com/files/38561971/o_mensch.mp3.html
From Mahler's 3rd Symphony, this is a low bit rate mp3 of the fourth movement only, sourced from a live radio broadcast of the symphony (released on Tahra, but oop) with Charles Adler conducting the Vienna Symphony Orchestra April 20, 1952. Hilde Rössl-Majdan is the fantastic alto soloist. Now in choosing a recording to upload, I realized again how great the symphony is. If you like the setting of the Nietzsche, and are interested in a full performance, I've an abundance of live, noncommercial recordings that can be offered. :)
O Mensch! Gib Acht!
Was spricht die tiefe Mitternacht?
"Ich schlief, ich schlief—,
aus tiefem Traum bin ich erwacht:—
Die Welt ist tief,
und tiefer als der Tag gedacht.
Tief ist ihr Weh—,
Lust—tiefer noch als Herzeleid.
Weh spricht: Vergeh!
Doch all' Lust will Ewigkeit—,
—will tiefe, tiefe Ewigkeit!"
Well I like it, of course, it's Mahler and my favorite Mahler so far are the "Kindertotenlieder" which I heard first on a recording with Kathleen Ferrier. Omg :'(. And this reminds me strongly of that. Btw I am Swiss /German and I know the original poem very well. I have searched for a translation and found the one quoted above. Well I think, some things in music are just so deep....there is nothing more you could say...