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Without Music, Life Would Be a Mistake
Nietzsche on the power of music
The title represents the words of Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher from the 19th century that has been an inspiration for generations to come. Sadly, not many people are aware of him because it seems that not many people still recognize a taste for classical music and therefore they do not understand why classical music is simply the foundation of not only the music industry but also what it has become today.
In today’s period music is all about making a financial gain based on different trends as well as certain celebrities that may be singing a song. However, Friedrich Nietzsche has thought us through his bibliography that music is a key that opens the door to all human emotions.
Sometimes the things around us, as well as this complex lifestyle that most of us chose to live, can shadow us from what humanity is all about. We become so in synch with technology that we forget to be human, to show emotions and to not be ashamed to show those emotions to the world.
This is how great artists (especially in the victorian era) came to be a great success, they were not afraid to show their joyful tears or their broken hearts through melancholy. In the late 19th century it was still a privilege to listen to music as not anyone could afford a…
