Wagner Leitmotifs | 25 Confusion : Tannhäuser @wagnerleitmotifs7654 | Uploaded July 2014 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
This leitmotif is first heard in act 2 scene 2.
This motif represents Elizabeth's confusion at Tannhäuser's abortive telling of what happened to him during his time apart. The notion that his return is a real life miracle leads her to say that she is "Im traum bin ich und tör'ger als ein kind" ("In a dream, and as powerless as a child").
The motif is haltingly played on the oboe, and enigmatic instrument, and the last two chromatic notes are unexpected and uneasy after the apparent resolution of the motif on the F.
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This leitmotif is first heard in act 2 scene 2.
This motif represents Elizabeth's confusion at Tannhäuser's abortive telling of what happened to him during his time apart. The notion that his return is a real life miracle leads her to say that she is "Im traum bin ich und tör'ger als ein kind" ("In a dream, and as powerless as a child").
The motif is haltingly played on the oboe, and enigmatic instrument, and the last two chromatic notes are unexpected and uneasy after the apparent resolution of the motif on the F.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
None
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.
