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[pies]

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[jlh]

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?

[retrouvailles]

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.

[pies]

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[soliloquy]

It's actually pretty bland, tbh.

[thalbergmad]

Soliloquy speaks the truth

[pies]

I would have to agree. His philosophical works are more interesting.

[marco_from_brazil]

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.

[pies]

From my understanding, he was a natural musical talent and great improviser.

[pianowolfi]

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 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 Or more.

[hodi]

"Without music, life would be a mistake" (Nietzsche)

[furtwaengler]

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 Or more.

You are familiar with Mahler's 3rd Symphony?

[James Shelley]

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

[jakev2.0]

His music is pretty bad.

[pianowolfi]

You are familiar with Mahler's 3rd Symphony?

I guess I should become familiar with it, now you say this

[furtwaengler]

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.

[pianowolfi]

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. 

[furtwaengler]

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!"

[pianowolfi]

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...