Wagner Leitmotifs | 30 Dragon : Der Ring Des Nibelungen @wagnerleitmotifs7654 | Uploaded August 2013 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
This leitmotif is first heard in the third scene of Das Rheingold.
This very heavy, slow moving motif represents the Dragon. There are two dragons in the ring, first Alberich turns himself into one to impress Wotan and Loge in scene 2 of Das Rheingold, then Fafner turns himself into one to protect his treasure, he is met in Act 2, scenes 1 and 2 of Siegfried. This motif is also heard when these dragons are discussed by other characters.
The motif is derived from the rising third at the end of the Ring motif, repeated a note higher each time.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Ring: youtu.be/cZpYG6l6s4A
Related Leitmotifs:
Treasure: youtu.be/XnQNHcVcVIg
Fate: youtu.be/eK2LxAJErr0
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 the third scene of Das Rheingold.
This very heavy, slow moving motif represents the Dragon. There are two dragons in the ring, first Alberich turns himself into one to impress Wotan and Loge in scene 2 of Das Rheingold, then Fafner turns himself into one to protect his treasure, he is met in Act 2, scenes 1 and 2 of Siegfried. This motif is also heard when these dragons are discussed by other characters.
The motif is derived from the rising third at the end of the Ring motif, repeated a note higher each time.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Ring: youtu.be/cZpYG6l6s4A
Related Leitmotifs:
Treasure: youtu.be/XnQNHcVcVIg
Fate: youtu.be/eK2LxAJErr0
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.
