
Birth of Tragedy #3: 4-7 ("Objective" v/s "Subjective" Art)
The Nietzsche Podcast
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Melody Is Primary and Universal
In nicha's estimation of the one true subject, the eternal willing self, the primordial pain and contradiction speaks through us, and melody comes out. Melody is therefore primary and universal, and so may admit of several objectifications and several texts. In the naive estimation of a people, it is regarded as far more important, as the far more important and essential element melody generates the poem out of itself. Ever again, this is what the strophic form of the folk song signifies,. until at last i found this explanation.
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