Urs Brodmann
Nietzsche at the piano for piano
Duration: 4'
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piano
Nietzsche at the piano for piano
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I wrote incidental music for the theatre play ‘Lou, une femme libre’ by Michelle Bottaro in 2008. Among other things, there is a scene where the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche visits the writer Lou Andreas-Salomé and improvises on the piano. They were friends for a short time in 1882. Incidentally, Nietzsche proposed to Lou three times, but was always rejected. He wrote about love: ‘There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
Nietzsche as a dramatist, philosopher, realist, who created the superman, is characterised by the dark, powerful main theme. There are also softer tones that make him forget his anger at God and the world for a brief moment - after all, he is visiting a lady today.
This is a musical character piece in which the pianists can indulge and bathe in ecstasy of sound, but can also demonstrate their talent with brilliant passages.