Hymnus an das Leben (Nietzsche)

T: Lou Salome,
M: Friedrich Nietzsche

Nietzsche was pleased that his Hymnus was published (1887) and satisfied with the way it was printed—both in terms of instrumentation and layout. However, he did point out a printing error: the final note of the clarinet part was printed as a C, whereas it should be C-sharp (as manually corrected in this copy on Google Books !). The correction apparently came too late, or was never implemented. This error is also mentioned in Ecce Homo (1888, first published in 1908).

Although published, and cherished by some, it’s not good. Nietzsche’s language is musical, his music is not. Just listen.