THE SPIRIT OF MUSIC IN GREEK TRAGEDY IN F. NIETZSCHE

Abstract

This research aims to presente, within the thought of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), what role the tragic choir plays in his philosophy in The Birth of Tragedy: Hellenism or Pessimism (1872). In this way, from the Greek, Apollonian and Dionysiac principles, which according to Nietzsche play a fundamental role in the constitution of the world of arts, it is sought to explain the role of choir in Greek tragedy. Thus, the article contains a brief introduction about the theme of music within Nietzsche  philosophy followed by na analysis of the role of the choir in Greek tragedy with the ultimate objective to demonstrate that, according to Nietzsche, in addition to the tragic choir being characterized by being the very expression of Dionysius voice, related to the primordial One, it plays a role transfiguration from the break with the principle of individuation and, consequently, of acceptance in the face of tragicity imposed by life.