Wagner Leitmotifs | 35 Thunder : Der Ring Des Nibelungen @wagnerleitmotifs7654 | Uploaded August 2013 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
This leitmotif is first heard in the forth scene of Das Rheingold.
This motif represents Thunder, or perhaps Donner, the god of thunder (equivalent to Thor). It is heard for two extended passages in the cycle, at the end of Das Rheingold, and in the prelude to Die Walkure (though it should be noted that much time passes between the two operas so the two are not directly related). At the end of both passages there is a great crash and a roll from the timps, which perhaps more clearly represents the clap and roll of thunder. This more upbeat, fanfare-ish motif shows Donner to be noble and heroic like his brother Froh.
It is pentatonic as it represents part of nature.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Genesis or Nature: youtu.be/CzFdrDju4Zw
Related Leitmotifs:
None
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 forth scene of Das Rheingold.
This motif represents Thunder, or perhaps Donner, the god of thunder (equivalent to Thor). It is heard for two extended passages in the cycle, at the end of Das Rheingold, and in the prelude to Die Walkure (though it should be noted that much time passes between the two operas so the two are not directly related). At the end of both passages there is a great crash and a roll from the timps, which perhaps more clearly represents the clap and roll of thunder. This more upbeat, fanfare-ish motif shows Donner to be noble and heroic like his brother Froh.
It is pentatonic as it represents part of nature.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Genesis or Nature: youtu.be/CzFdrDju4Zw
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.
