List of works by Friedrich Nietzsche

This is a list of writings and other compositions by Friedrich Nietzsche.

Works by Nietzsche

Writings and philosophy

*"Aus meinem Leben", 1858 (From My Life)
*"Über Musik", 1858 (On Music)
*"Napoleon III als Praesident", 1862 (Napoleon III as a President)
*"Fatum und Geschichte", 1862 (Fate and History)
*"Willensfreiheit und Fatum", 1862 (Free Will and Fate)
*"Kann der Neidische je wahrhaft glücklich sein?", 1863 (Can the Envious truthfully be happy?)
*"Über Stimmungen", 1864 (On Tendencies)
*"Mein Leben", 1864 (My Life)
*"Homer und die klassische Philologie", 1868 (Homer and the classic Philology)
*"Über die Zukunft unserer Bildungsanstalten" (On the Future of our Seminaries)
*"Fünf Vorreden zu fünf ungeschriebenen Büchern", 1872 (Five Prefaces on five unwritten Books) comprising::# "Über das Pathos der Wahrheit" (On the Pathos of Truth):# "Gedanken über die Zukunft unserer Bildungsanstalten" (Thoughts on the Future of Our Educational Institutions):# "Der griechische Staat" (The Greek State):# "Das Verhältnis der Schopenhauerischen Philosophie zu einer deutschen Cultur" (The Relation between a Schopenhauerian Philosophy and a German Culture):# "Homers Wettkampf" (Homer's Contest)
* "Die Geburt der Tragödie", 1872 ("The Birth of Tragedy")
* "Über Wahrheit und Lüge im außermoralischen Sinn", 1873 (On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense)
* "Die Philosophie im tragischen Zeitalter der Griechen" (Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks)
* "Unzeitgemässe Betrachtungen" ("The Untimely Meditations") comprising::# "David Strauss: der Bekenner und der Schriftsteller", 1873 ("David Strauss: the Confessor and the Writer"):# "Vom Nutzen und Nachtheil der Historie für das Leben", 1874 ("On the Use and Abuse of History for Life"):# "Schopenhauer als Erzieher", 1874 ("Schopenhauer as Educator"):# "Richard Wagner in Bayreuth", 1876
* "Menschliches, Allzumenschliches", 1878 ("Human, All-Too-Human")
* "Vermischte Meinungen und Sprüche", 1879 ("Mixed Opinions and Maxims")
* "Der Wanderer und sein Schatten", 1879 ("The Wanderer and His Shadow")
* "Morgenröte", 1881 ("The Dawn")
* "Die fröhliche Wissenschaft", 1882, 1887 ("The Gay Science")
* "Also sprach Zarathustra", 1883-5 ("Thus Spoke Zarathustra")
* "Jenseits von Gut und Böse", 1886 ("Beyond Good and Evil")
* "Zur Genealogie der Moral", 1887 ("On the Genealogy of Morality")
* "Der Fall Wagner", 1888 ("The Case of Wagner")
* "Götzen-Dämmerung", 1888 ("The Twilight of the Idols")
* "Der Antichrist", 1888 ("The Antichrist")
* "Ecce Homo", 1888
* "Nietzsche contra Wagner", 1888
* "Der Wille zur Macht", first published 1901 ("The Will to Power", a posthumous and selective collection of notes arranged by his sister, which are not necessarily representative of Nietzsche)

Major English translations

* "The Birth of Tragedy", 1872:* in: 'Basic Writings of Nietzsche', trans. Walter Kaufmann, Modern Library, 2000, ISBN 0-679-78339-3:* in: 'The Birth of Tragedy and Other Writings', trans. Ronald Spiers, Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-521-63987-5 (also contains: 'The Dionysiac World View' and 'On Truth and Lying in a Non-Moral Sense'):* in: 'The Birth of Tragedy and the Case of Wagner', trans. Walter Kaufmann, Vintage, 1967, ISBN 0-394-70369-3:* in: 'The Birth of Tragedy & the Genealogy of Morals', trans. Francis Golffing, Anchor Books, 1956, ISBN 0-385-09210-5:* trans. Shaun Whiteside, Penguin Classics, 1994, ISBN 0-14-043339-2
* "The Untimely Meditations", 1873-6:* trans. R. J. Hollingdale, Cambridge University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-521-58584-8:* as: 'Unfashionable Observations', trans. Richard T. Gray, Stanford University Press, 1998, ISBN 0-8047-3403-8
* "Human, All Too Human", 1878:* trans. R. J. Hollingdale, Cambridge University Press, 1996, ISBN 0-521-56704-1 (also contains: "Mixed Opinions and Maxims", 1879 and "The Wanderer and His Shadow", 1880):* trans. Gary Handwerk, Stanford University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-8047-2665-5
* "The Dawn", 1881:* as: 'Daybreak', trans. R. J. Hollingdale, Cambridge University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-521-59963-6
* "The Gay Science", 1882, 1887:* trans. Walter Kaufmann, Vintage, 1974, ISBN 0-394-71985-9:* ed. Bernard Williams, trans. Josefine Nauckhoff and Adrian Del Caro, Cambridge University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-521-63645-0
* "Thus Spoke Zarathustra", 1883-5:* trans. R. J. Hollingdale, Penguin, 1961, ISBN 0-14-044118-2:* in: 'The Portable Nietzsche', trans. Walter Kaufmann, Penguin, 1977, ISBN 0-14-015062-5:* trans. Adrian Del Caro, Cambridge University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-521-60261-0:* trans. Graham Parkes, Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-19-280583-5
* "Beyond Good and Evil", 1886:* in: 'Basic Writings of Nietzsche', trans. Walter Kaufmann, Modern Library, 2000, ISBN 0-679-78339-3:* trans. Judith Norman, Cambridge University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-521-77913-8:* trans. R. J. Hollingdale, Penguin Classics, 1973, ISBN 0-14-044267-7
* "On the Genealogy of Morals", 1887:* in: 'Basic Writings of Nietzsche', trans. Walter Kaufmann, Modern Library, 2000, ISBN 0-679-78339-3:* in: 'On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo', trans. Walter Kaufmann and R. J. Hollingdale, Vintage, 1989, ISBN 0-679-72462-1:* in: 'The Birth of Tragedy & the Genealogy of Morals', trans. Francis Golffing, Anchor Books, 1956, ISBN 0-385-09210-5:* as 'On the Genealogy of Morality', trans. Maudemarie Clark and Alan J. Swensen, Hackett Publishing Company, 1998, ISBN 0-87220-283-6:* in: 'On the Genealogy of Morality and Other Writings', trans. Carol Diethe, Cambridge University Press, 1994, ISBN 0-521-40610-2 (also contains: 'The Greek State', 1872 and 'Homer on Competition', 1872):* as 'On the Genealogy of Morals', trans. Douglas Smith, Oxford University Press, 1996, ISBN 0-19-283617-X (paperback)
* "The Case of Wagner", 1888:* in: 'Basic Writings of Nietzsche', trans. Walter Kaufmann, Modern Library, 2000, ISBN 0-679-78339-3:* in: 'The Birth of Tragedy and the Case of Wagner', trans. Walter Kaufmann, Vintage, 1967, ISBN 0-394-70369-3:* in: 'The Anti-Christ, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols and Other Writings', trans. Judith Norman, Cambridge University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-521-01688-6 (also contains: 'The Case of Wagner', 1888 and 'Nietzsche contra Wagner', 1888)
* "Twilight of the Idols", 1888:* in: 'The Portable Nietzsche', trans. Walter Kaufmann, Penguin, 1977, ISBN 0-14-015062-5:* trans. Richard Polt, Hackett Publishing Company, 1997, ISBN 0-87220-354-9:* in: 'Twilight of the Idols and the Anti-Christ', trans. R. J. Hollingdale, Penguin Classics, 1990, ISBN 0-14-044514-5:* in: 'The Anti-Christ, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols and Other Writings', trans. Judith Norman, Cambridge University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-521-01688-6 (also contains: 'The Case of Wagner', 1888 and 'Nietzsche contra Wagner', 1888)
* "The Antichrist", 1888:* in: 'Twilight of the Idols and the Anti-Christ', trans. R. J. Hollingdale, Penguin Classics, 1990, ISBN 0-14-044514-5:* in: 'The Portable Nietzsche', trans. Walter Kaufmann, Penguin, 1977, ISBN 0-14-015062-5:* in: 'The Anti-Christ, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols and Other Writings', trans. Judith Norman, Cambridge University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-521-01688-6 (also contains: 'The Case of Wagner', 1888 and 'Nietzsche contra Wagner', 1888):* as 'The Anti-Christ', trans. H. L. Mencken, See Sharp Press, 1999, ISBN 1-884365-20-5:* trans. Anthony M. Ludovici, Prometheus Books, 2000, ISBN 1-57392-832-1
* "Ecce Homo", 1888:* in: 'Basic Writings of Nietzsche', trans. Walter Kaufmann, Modern Library, 2000, ISBN 0-679-78339-3:* in: 'The Anti-Christ, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols and Other Writings', trans. Judith Norman, Cambridge University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-521-01688-6 (also contains: 'The Case of Wagner', 1888 and 'Nietzsche contra Wagner', 1888):* trans. R. J. Hollingdale, Penguin Books, 1993, ISBN 0-14-044515-3
* "Nietzsche contra Wagner", 1888:* in: 'The Portable Nietzsche', trans. Walter Kaufmann, Penguin, 1977, ISBN 0-14-015062-5:* in: 'The Anti-Christ, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols and Other Writings', trans. Judith Norman, Cambridge University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-521-01688-6 (also contains: 'The Case of Wagner', 1888 and 'Nietzsche contra Wagner', 1888)
* "The Will to Power" and Other Posthumous Collections:* ed. and trans. Walter Kaufmann, Vintage, 1968, ISBN 0-394-70437-1:* 'Writings from the Late Notebooks', ed. Rüdiger Bittner, Cambridge University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-521-00887-5:* 'Philosophy and Truth: Selections from Nietzsche's Notebooks of the Early 1870s', ed. and trans. Daniel Breazeale, Prometheus Books, 1990, ISBN 1-57392-532-2:* "Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks", trans. Marianne Cowan, Regnery Publishing, 1996, ISBN 0-89526-710-1:* "The Pre-Platonic Philosophers", trans. Greg Whitlock, University of Illinois Press, 2001, ISBN 0-252-02559-8

Philology

* "De fontibus Laertii Diogenii"
* "Über die alten hexametrischen Nomen"
* "Über die Apophthegmata und ihre Sammler"
* "Über die literarhistorischen Quellen des Suidas"
* "Über die Quellen der Lexikographen"

Poetry

* "Idyllen aus Messina"
* "Dionysos-Dithyramben", written 1888, published 1892 ("Dionysian-Dithyrambs")

Music

:This is not a complete list. A title not dated was composed during the same year as the title preceding it. Further information for many of the works listed below may be found at [http://www.nietzsche.ru/english/music.php3 this site] annotated within the time of their composition and [http://www.virtusens.de/walther/n_komp_e.htm this site] (both depict Nietzsche's musical thought and development). Most pieces available for listening are excerpts.
*"Allegretto", for piano, before 1858, [http://www.virtusens.de/walther/allegret.wma listen]
*"Hoch tut euch auf", chorus, December 1858
*"Einleitung" (trans: "Introduction"), piano duet
*"Phantasie", piano duet, December 1859
*"Miserere", chorus for 5 voices, summer 1860
*"Einleitung" (or: "Entwürfe zu einem Weihnachtsoratorium"), oratorio on piano, December 1861
*"Huter, ist die Nacht bald hin?", chorus (in fragments)
*"Presto", piano duet
*"Overture for Strings" (?)
*"Aus der Tiefe rufe ich" (?)
*"String Quartet Piece" (?)
*"Schmerz ist der Grundton der Natur" (?)
*"Einleitung", orchestral overture for piano
*"Mein Platz vor der Tur", NWV 1, solo voice and piano, autumn 1861, [http://www.virtusens.de/walther/groth1.wav listen]
*"Heldenklage", piano, 1862
*"Klavierstuck", piano
*"Ungarischer Marsch", piano
*"Zigeunertanz", piano
*"Edes titok" (or: "Still und ergeben"), piano
*"Aus der Jugendzeit", NWV 8, solo voice and piano, summer 1862, [http://www.nietzscheana.com.ar/musica/Nietzsche%20-%20%20Aus%20der%20Jugendzeit.mp3 listen]
*"So lach doch mal", piano, August 1862
*"Da geht ein Bach", NWV 10b, [http://www.virtusens.de/walther/groth2.wav listen]
*"Im Mondschein auf der Puszta", piano, September 1862
*"Ermanarich", piano, September 1862
*"Mazurka", piano, November 1862
*"Aus der Czarda", piano, November 1862, [http://www.virtusens.de/walther/Aus_der_Czarda.wma listen]
*"Das zerbrochene Ringlein", NWV 14, May 1863, [http://www.nietzscheana.com.ar/musica/Nietzsche%20-%20%20Das%20zerbrochene%20Ringlein.mp3 listen]
*"Albumblatt", piano, August 1863
*"Wie sich Rebenranken schwingen", NWV 16, summer 1863, voice and piano, [http://www.virtusens.de/walther/fallersl.wav listen]
*"Nachlang einer Sylvestenacht", duet for violin and piano, January 2 1864, [http://www.nietzscheana.com.ar/musica/Nachklang%20einer%20Sylvesternacht.mp3 listen]
*"Beschwörung", NWV 20, [http://www.virtusens.de/walther/puschkin.wav listen]
*"Nachspiel", NWV 21, [http://www.virtusens.de/walther/petoefi1.wav listen]
*"Ständchen", NWV 22
*"Unendlich", NWV 23, [http://www.virtusens.de/walther/petoefi2.wav listen]
*"Verwelkt", NWV 24, [http://www.virtusens.de/walther/petoefi3.wav listen]
*"Ungewitter", NWV 25, 1864, [http://www.virtusens.de/walther/ungewitt.wma listen]
*"Gern und gerner", NWV 26, [http://www.virtusens.de/walther/gernundgerner.wma listen]
*"Das Kind an die erloschene Kerze", NWV 27, [http://www.virtusens.de/walther/Das_Kind.wma listen]
*"Es winkt und neigt sich", NWV 28, [http://www.virtusens.de/walther/fneswink.wav listen]
*"Die junge Fischerin", NWV 29, voice and piano, June 1865, [http://www.nietzscheana.com.ar/musica/Nietzsche%20-%20%20Junge%20Fischerin.mp3 listen]
*"O weint um sie", choir and piano, December 1865
*"Herbstlich sonnige Tage", piano and 4 voices, April 1867
*"Adel Ich muss nun gehen", 4 voices, August 1870
*"Das "Fragment an sich", piano, October 1871
*"Kirchengeschichtliches Responsorium", chorus and piano, November 1871
*"Manfred-Meditation", 1872, final ver. 1877, [http://www.nietzscheana.com.ar/musica/Manfred-Meditation.mp3 listen]
*"Monodie à deux" (or: "Lob der Barmherzigkeit"), piano, February 1873
*"Hymnus an die Freundschaft" (trans: "Hymn to Friendship"; also: "Festzug der Freunde zum Tempel der Freundschaft", trans: "Festival of Friends at the Temple of Friendship"), piano, December 29 1874, [http://www.virtusens.de/walther/hymnus.wav listen]
*"Gebet an das Leben" (trans: "Prayer to Life"), NWV 41, solo voice and piano, 1882, text by Lou Andreas-Salome, [http://www.virtusens.de/walther/gebet.wav listen]
*"Hymnus an das Leben" (trans: "Hymn to Life"), chorus and orchestra, summer 1887

Apocrypha

* "My Sister and I", allegedly translated by Oscar Levy, considered by Walter Kaufmann and Denis Dutton to be a forgery [cite journal|url=http://denisdutton.com/nietzsche_review.htm|title=Nietzsche Dreams of Detroit|author=Denis Dutton|journal=Philosophy and Literature|issue=16|pages=244–49]

Other

Thoughts out of Season, Part 1 is edited by Oscar Levy and translated by Anthony M. Ludovici. It was published in 1909 by T. N. Foulis 13 & 15 Frederick St., Edinburgh and London. It is available on the WWW at [http://www.ibiblio.org/HTMLTexts/Friedrich_Wilhelm_Nietzsche/Thoughts_Out_Of_Season_Part_One/ Thoughts Out of Season Part One] . It contains David Strauss, the Confessor and the Writer and Richard Wagner in Bayreuth.
C.G. Jung cites this as his first introduction to Nietszche in his autobiography "Memories, Dreams, Reflections" page 102 ISBN 0-679-72395-1, and claims to have been 'carried away by its enthusiasm'.

References

ee also

*List of works about Friedrich Nietzsche