Wagner Leitmotifs | 112 Honour : Der Ring Des Nibelungen @wagnerleitmotifs7654 | Uploaded September 2013 | Updated October 2024, 9 hours ago.
This leitmotif is first hear in act 1 scene 3 of Gotterdammerung.
This motif is a strengthened version of the Friendship motif, and is a series of Nothung (octave leaps down). It represents Siegfried's Honour to the bond of Blood Brotherhood, defended by Nothung.
This motif appears three times. First when Siegfried, disguised as Gunther, subdues Brunnhilde. Siegfried brandishes Nothung and bids it hold his bond firm and keep Brunnhilde from him so she can be given to Gunther (Siegfried obviously still feels great attraction to her beauty even though he's forgotten her).
It is next heard as he relates to Gutrune his capture of Brunnhilde and assures her that Gunther was with Brunnhilde for her bridal night (not Siegfried in disguise), and again he takes out Nothung, this time to illustrate that the distance between then was the width of his blade.
It is finally heard when Brunnhilde accuses him of being disloyal to her, and Siegfried calls upon Nothung to defend his oath to Gunther.
This motif is reminiscent of the opening to the second movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Certainly Wagner revered Beethoven (though of course Wagner thought himself slightly better) so it would not surprise me if he put a little nod to him in the Ring.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Nothung: youtu.be/TvQ1bmmtBro
Related Leitmotifs:
Friendship: youtu.be/mp6iFa_DfSg
Subsidiary Leitmotifs:
None
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This video is designed for the purpose of teaching the viewer about the leitmotifs in Wagner's Operas, where they appear and how the work. This clearly comes under the umbrella of fair use. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED.
This leitmotif is first hear in act 1 scene 3 of Gotterdammerung.
This motif is a strengthened version of the Friendship motif, and is a series of Nothung (octave leaps down). It represents Siegfried's Honour to the bond of Blood Brotherhood, defended by Nothung.
This motif appears three times. First when Siegfried, disguised as Gunther, subdues Brunnhilde. Siegfried brandishes Nothung and bids it hold his bond firm and keep Brunnhilde from him so she can be given to Gunther (Siegfried obviously still feels great attraction to her beauty even though he's forgotten her).
It is next heard as he relates to Gutrune his capture of Brunnhilde and assures her that Gunther was with Brunnhilde for her bridal night (not Siegfried in disguise), and again he takes out Nothung, this time to illustrate that the distance between then was the width of his blade.
It is finally heard when Brunnhilde accuses him of being disloyal to her, and Siegfried calls upon Nothung to defend his oath to Gunther.
This motif is reminiscent of the opening to the second movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Certainly Wagner revered Beethoven (though of course Wagner thought himself slightly better) so it would not surprise me if he put a little nod to him in the Ring.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Nothung: youtu.be/TvQ1bmmtBro
Related Leitmotifs:
Friendship: youtu.be/mp6iFa_DfSg
Subsidiary Leitmotifs:
None
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favour of fair use.
This video is designed for the purpose of teaching the viewer about the leitmotifs in Wagner's Operas, where they appear and how the work. This clearly comes under the umbrella of fair use. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED.
