Wagner Leitmotifs | 116 Hagen's Day : Der Ring Des Nibelungen @wagnerleitmotifs7654 | Uploaded September 2013 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
This leitmotif is first heard in act 2 scene 1 of Gotterdammerung.
This motif is a beefed up version of Hagen's Dawn. The three notes seen in the second bar, with the emphasis on the Eb are repeated in bars 5-7, with the emphasis shifted from the down beat to the up beat on the G and the Bb raised a semitone. This change represents the transition from Hagen's sleepy awakening, to full wakefulness, and the heavier playing shows that this will not just be any day, this is Hagen's day, when he will put his plan to seize the ring into action.
The latter segment of this motif is later sung as part of the vassals song as they sing "da Hagen, der Grimme" ("since Hagen, the Grim") to the notes G Eb-Cb G Eb-Cb where the position of Hagen's name reinforces the idea that this is the time for his triumph.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Hagen's Dawn: youtu.be/bfEi8uPhy0o
Related Leitmotifs:
None
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 heard in act 2 scene 1 of Gotterdammerung.
This motif is a beefed up version of Hagen's Dawn. The three notes seen in the second bar, with the emphasis on the Eb are repeated in bars 5-7, with the emphasis shifted from the down beat to the up beat on the G and the Bb raised a semitone. This change represents the transition from Hagen's sleepy awakening, to full wakefulness, and the heavier playing shows that this will not just be any day, this is Hagen's day, when he will put his plan to seize the ring into action.
The latter segment of this motif is later sung as part of the vassals song as they sing "da Hagen, der Grimme" ("since Hagen, the Grim") to the notes G Eb-Cb G Eb-Cb where the position of Hagen's name reinforces the idea that this is the time for his triumph.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Hagen's Dawn: youtu.be/bfEi8uPhy0o
Related Leitmotifs:
None
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.
