Wagner Leitmotifs | 32 Curse : Der Ring Des Nibelungen @wagnerleitmotifs7654 | Uploaded August 2013 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
This leitmotif is first heard in the forth scene of Das Rheingold.
This motif represents the curse Alberich lays on the ring. It is heard whenever the curse claims a victim, notably when Fafner kills Fasolt in scene 4 of Das Rheingold, and Wotan first realises the power of the curse, and in the Trauermarsch (Seigfried's Funeral music) in act 3 scene 2 of Gotterdammerung.
Another noteworthy use is at the beginning of act 1 scene 2 of Gotterdammerung. Here Hagen greets Siegfried, ostensibly warmly: "Heil! Siegfried, teurer Held" ("Hail! Siegfried, much loved hero!"), but the words are sung to the Curse motif, showing the audience that Hagen means to kill Siegfried to get the ring.
This motif is an inversion of the first 4 notes of the ring motif.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Ring: youtu.be/cZpYG6l6s4A
Related Leitmotifs:
None
Subsidiary Leitmotifs:
Death: youtu.be/LrDq0IZZGRU
Siegfried: youtu.be/PMFyRA_e3v8
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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 forth scene of Das Rheingold.
This motif represents the curse Alberich lays on the ring. It is heard whenever the curse claims a victim, notably when Fafner kills Fasolt in scene 4 of Das Rheingold, and Wotan first realises the power of the curse, and in the Trauermarsch (Seigfried's Funeral music) in act 3 scene 2 of Gotterdammerung.
Another noteworthy use is at the beginning of act 1 scene 2 of Gotterdammerung. Here Hagen greets Siegfried, ostensibly warmly: "Heil! Siegfried, teurer Held" ("Hail! Siegfried, much loved hero!"), but the words are sung to the Curse motif, showing the audience that Hagen means to kill Siegfried to get the ring.
This motif is an inversion of the first 4 notes of the ring motif.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Ring: youtu.be/cZpYG6l6s4A
Related Leitmotifs:
None
Subsidiary Leitmotifs:
Death: youtu.be/LrDq0IZZGRU
Siegfried: youtu.be/PMFyRA_e3v8
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.
