Wagner Leitmotifs | 22 Invocation of Night : Tristan und Isolde @wagnerleitmotifs7654 | Uploaded August 2013 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
This leitmotif is first heard in act 2 scene 2.
This motif is set, rather in the manner of a hymn, to the words "O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe" ("O sink upon us night of Love") and starts the love duet, some of the most beautiful music Wagner wrote. This is not the only time Wagner used hymns, in his opera Tannhäuser he uses a pilgrim's hymn and a hymn to Venus. In this instance, Tristan and Isolde are singing to the Night to ask for the eternal peace of Death. The first four notes are the notes in the Tristan chord.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Longing and desire: youtu.be/FcQeTCsQ5w4
Related Leitmotifs:
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Subsidiary Leitmotifs:
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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 2.
This motif is set, rather in the manner of a hymn, to the words "O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe" ("O sink upon us night of Love") and starts the love duet, some of the most beautiful music Wagner wrote. This is not the only time Wagner used hymns, in his opera Tannhäuser he uses a pilgrim's hymn and a hymn to Venus. In this instance, Tristan and Isolde are singing to the Night to ask for the eternal peace of Death. The first four notes are the notes in the Tristan chord.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Longing and desire: youtu.be/FcQeTCsQ5w4
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.
