Born in 1844 and died in 1900, Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher whose writings encapsulated the Übermensch, perspectivism, nihilism, philology, anti-Judaeo Christianity, and repudiation of conventional morality.

His writings range from his famous, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, to Human, All Too Human, The Gay Science, The Genealogy of Morals, and so on.

He also dabbled in music, owing to his friendship with Richard Wagner, which later broke up. Nietzsche composed piano pieces and songs for voice and piano, none of which were published during his lifetime.