The Birth of Tragedy

The Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music

The German first edition
Author	Friedrich Nietzsche
Original title	Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik
Language	German
Subjects	Athenian tragedy, the Apollonian/Dionysian opposition
Publisher	E. W. Fritzsch
Publication date	1872
Media type	Print
Pages	143

The Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music (German: Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik) is an 1872 work of dramatic theory by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. It was reissued in 1886 as The Birth of Tragedy, Or: Hellenism and Pessimism (German: Die Geburt der Tragödie, Oder: Griechentum und Pessimismus). The later edition contained a prefatory essay, "An Attempt at Self-Criticism", wherein Nietzsche commented on this earlier book.