The awe-inspiring thinker Friedrich Nietzsche, who declared 'God is dead', was also, unexpectedly, a composer. Richard Wagner laughed at his works. Cosima Wagner performed them. But are they any good?

On the quartet's new album, The Power Out, she sings in four languages, and woven into the lyrics are a Friedrich Nietzsche quote, stanzas from British poet Siegfried Sassoon's "A Letter Home," and a ...

Friedrich Nietzsche is celebrated in today's Google doodle - well, it would have been his 169th birthday - so what better reason to look at his influence on the world of pop? Specifically, one line of ...

If there ever was a philosopher of pop music, Friedrich Nietzsche fits the bill. For a fin de siècle philologist (someone who studies texts and word origins), Fritz has been appropriated by the likes ...

Tom Service finds out about the music composed by philosopher Friedrich Nietszche, including piano pieces, songs and sketches for symphonies. Show more The awe-inspiring thinker who declared 'God is ...

The awe-inspiring thinker who declared 'God is dead' was also, unexpectedly, a composer. The first time Richard Wagner heard a composition by his closest friend he had to leave the room, crying with ...