Nietzsche

(nét’-shé), Fr., Rocken, near Liitzen, Oct. 15, 1844—(insane) Aug., 1900; prof. at Basel Univ.; notable, if eccentric, philosopher; as a partisan of Wagner he pub. ‘Die Geburt der Tragidie aus dem Geiste der Musik,” “Richard Wagner in Bayreuth”; while “‘Der Fall Wagner,” and ‘‘ Nietzsche contra Wagner” attack Wagner as violently as he once praised him; his philosophical work “Also sprach Zarathustra’ provides the title of R. Strau ’s symph. poem, (n’yav-yi-d6ém’shki), Stanislav, b. Soposzyn, Galicia, Nov. 4, 1859; pupil of Mikuli, Krenn, and Jada ohn; teacher at Lemberg Cons., where he d. 1936; comp. Niggli (nig’-glé), Arnold, Aarburg, Switzerland, Dec. 20, 1843—Zurich, May 30, 1927; writer.