The Case of Wagner by Friedrich Nietzsche - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

By Friedrich Nietzsche

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• Release date: Jul 17, 2017
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Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) was an acclaimed German philosopher who rose to prominence during the late nineteenth century. His work provides a thorough examination of societal norms often rooted in religion and politics. As a cultural critic, Nietzsche is affiliated with nihilism and individualism with a primary focus on personal development. His most notable books include The Birth of Tragedy, Thus Spoke Zarathustra. and Beyond Good and Evil. Nietzsche is frequently credited with contemporary teachings of psychology and sociology.

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The Complete Works of

FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

VOLUME 16 OF 24

The Case of Wagner

Parts Edition

By Delphi Classics, 2015

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‘The Case of Wagner’

Friedrich Nietzsche: Parts Edition (in 24 parts)

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FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

IN 24 VOLUMES

Parts Edition Contents

The Philosophical Writings

1, Homer and the Classical Philology

2, On the Future of Our Educational Institutions

3, The Greek State and Other Fragments

4, The Relation Between a Schopenhauerian Philosophy and a German Culture

5, Homer’s Contest

6, The Birth of Tragedy

7, On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense

8, Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks

9, Thoughts Out of Season

10, Human, All Too Human

11, The Dawn of Day

12, The Joyful Wisdom

13, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

14, Beyond Good and Evil

15, The Genealogy of Morals

16, The Case of Wagner

17, The Twilight of the Idols

18, The Antichrist

19, Nietzsche Contra Wagner

20, The Will to Power

21, We Philologists

The Poetry

22, Collected Poems

The Autobiography

23, Ecce Homo

The Criticism

24, The Criticism

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The Case of Wagner

A MUSICIAN’S PROBLEM

Translated by Anthony M. Ludovici

Originally published in 1888, this short book is a critique of Richard Wagner and the announcement of Nietzsche’s rupture with the German composer, who, according to Nietzsche, had involved himself too much in the Völkisch movement and anti-Semitism. Nietzsche argues that Wagner’s music is no longer represented as a possible philosophical effect and Wagner is ironically compared to Georges Bizet. However, Nietzsche presents Wagner as a particular symptom of the ‘disease’ of nihilism affecting Europe at the time. The Case of Wagner reveals Nietzsche as a capable music-critic, providing the setting for some of his further reflections on the nature of art and its relationship to the future health of humanity.

Richard Wagner (1813-1883), the famous German composer, theatre director, polemicist and conductor, who is primarily known for his operas.

CONTENTS

Translator’s Preface.

Preface To The Third Edition

Preface

Postscript

Second Postscript

Epilogue

Preface

Wherein I Admire Wagner.

Wherein I Raise Objections.

Wagner As A Danger.

A Music Without A Future.

We Antipodes.

Where Wagner Is At Home.

Wagner As The Apostle Of Chastity.

How I Got Rid Of Wagner.

The Psychologist Speaks.

Epilogue.

Selected Aphorisms from Nietzsche’s Retrospect of his Years of Friendship with Wagner.

Translator’s Preface.

Nietzsche wrote the rough draft of The Case of Wagner in Turin, during the month of May 1888; he completed it in Sils Maria towards the end of June of the same year, and it was published in the following autumn. "Nietzsche contra Wagner" was written about the middle of December 1888; but, although it was printed and corrected before the New Year, it was not published until long afterwards owing to Nietzsche’s complete breakdown in the first days of 1889.

In reading these two essays we are apt to be deceived, by their virulent and forcible tone, into believing that the whole matter is a mere cover for hidden fire, — a mere blind of æsthetic discussion concealing a deep and implacable personal feud which demands and will have vengeance. In spite of all that has been said to the contrary, many people still hold this view of the two little works before us; and, as the actual facts are not accessible to every one, and rumours are more easily believed than verified, the error of supposing that these pamphlets were dictated by personal animosity, and even by Nietzsche’s envy of Wagner in his glory, seems to be a pretty common one. Another very general error is to suppose that the point at issue here is not one concerning music at all, but concerning religion. It is taken for granted that  the aspirations, the particular quality, the influence, and the method of an art like music, are matters quite distinct from the values and the conditions prevailing in the