Friedrich_Nietzsche - Untimely_Meditations_(Cambridge_Texts_in_the_History_of_Philosophy__1997)

Chronology18 January 1871Mid:June 18712January 1872January-March 187218-23 May 1872Late May 1872June 187217 January 1873April 18738 August 1873Fall 1873The second German Reich is establishedby the defeat of France and thecoronation (at Versailles) of the Kingof Prussia as Kaiser Wilhelm ISocrates and Greek Tragedy, an extractfrom his manuscript 'Music and Drama',with a 'Foreword to Richard Wagner',privately printed and distributedPublication of The Birth of Tragedy fromthe Spirit of MusicDelivers a series of five public lectures'On the Future of Our EducationalInstitutions'First trip to Bayreuth, where Nietzscheattends the ceremonial laying of thefoundations for the festival theatre;becomes acquainted with Malwida vonMeysenbug, e a wealthy patron ofWagnerClassical philologist Ulrich vonWilamowitz-Moellerndorfpublisheshis pamphlet Zunkunftsphilologie!, adevastating attack upon The Birth ofTragedy and upon Nietzsche's professionalcompetenceWagner publishes an 'open letter'defending The Birth of TragedyIn defence of Wagner, publishes a 'ANew Ye ar's Word to the Editor of theWeekly Paper The New Reich'Completes a fair copy of 'Philosophyin the Tragic Age of the Greeks' and,during his second visit to Bayreuth,reads from it; Wagner's response isunenthusiastic. Immediately thereafterNietzsche begins work on DavidStrauss, the Confessor and the WriterPublication of David Strauss, theConfessor and the WriterPrepares a public 'Exhortation to theGermans' on behalf of the Bayreuthxxxvi