October 15 - Friedrich Nietzsche (The Musical Birthday Series, 3rd Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for October 15th are here: Bernhard Crusell; Gordon Young (2019) and Richard Carpenter (2020)

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Friedrich Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was an influential philosopher and amateur musician.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keep Your Day Job

When Cosima played [Nietzsche's composition] with the conductor Hans Richter, Wagner fidgeted through the performance. Before it ended, he left the room. A guest found "the Master" lying on the floor, overcome with laughter. -- Edward Rothstein, "That 'New' Composer, Nietzsche," New York Times, 7 June 1992

                           

Of Friedrich Nietzsche's piano piece,

The tragic tale they tell

Is that his innocent caprice,

Made Wagner LOL.

 

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Also Sprach

At the start of 2001

There a plinth in the glint of the sun;

And you know it’s no frolic,

But deeply symbolic,

When Nietzsche joins in on the fun.

 

 

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