The Encounter of Music and Philosophy

Duke University

204 Perkins Library (The Breedlove Room)

Thursday, April 24, 2008

12:00 Lunch (Breedlove Room)

1:00 Introduction: Gregson Davis, Dean of the Humanities

1:15 Tracy B. Strong, Ph.D.

Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego

Music, Language, and Politics in Nietzsche

2:45 Break

3:15 David Wellbery, Ph.D.

Department of Germanic Studies, University of Chicago, IL

Function and Form of Tragedy According to Nietzsche

4:45 Reception

7:30 Dinner: Café Nikos

Friday, April 25, 2008

9:00 AM Bryan Gilliam, Ph.D.

Department of Music, Duke University, Durham, NC

Strauss and the Sexual Body:

The Erotics of Humor, Philosophy, and Ego-Assertion

10:30 Break

11:00 Charles Youmans, Ph.D.

School of Music, Penn State University, PA

Subjectivity and Sentimentality in the Late Works of Richard Strauss

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Hans Rudolf Vaget, Ph.D.

Department of German Studies, Smith College, MA

'Schicksalsgeist': Nietzsche, Music, Mann and Weimar Culture

7:00 Dinner: Home of Michael Gillespie and Nancy Henley

81 Beverly Dr., Durham NC 27707