Wagner Leitmotifs | 34 Gotterdammerung : Der Ring Des Nibelungen @wagnerleitmotifs7654 | Uploaded August 2013 | Updated October 2024, 9 hours ago.
This leitmotif is first heard in the forth scene of Das Rheingold.
This motif represents Gotterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods) sometimes called downfall of the gods. It is an inversion of Erda and the Nature motifs. At the beginning of Das Rheingold the rising arpeggio represented the beginning of the universe, now a descending arpeggio represents its end. This motif is often (though not always) heard directly after Erda's motif, as in this recording.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Erda: youtu.be/BqLevNjmin0
Related Leitmotifs:
Genesis or Nature: youtu.be/CzFdrDju4Zw
Power of the Gods: youtu.be/YbBLUlBz0ag
Subsidiary Leitmotifs:
Need of the Gods: youtu.be/hpsUEONF6Ys
Norn's rope: youtu.be/B4Ot9rV_eEA
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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 Gotterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods) sometimes called downfall of the gods. It is an inversion of Erda and the Nature motifs. At the beginning of Das Rheingold the rising arpeggio represented the beginning of the universe, now a descending arpeggio represents its end. This motif is often (though not always) heard directly after Erda's motif, as in this recording.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Erda: youtu.be/BqLevNjmin0
Related Leitmotifs:
Genesis or Nature: youtu.be/CzFdrDju4Zw
Power of the Gods: youtu.be/YbBLUlBz0ag
Subsidiary Leitmotifs:
Need of the Gods: youtu.be/hpsUEONF6Ys
Norn's rope: youtu.be/B4Ot9rV_eEA
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.
