Wagner Leitmotifs | 37 Elizabeth's Prayer : Tannhäuser @wagnerleitmotifs7654 | Uploaded July 2014 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
This leitmotif is first heard in act 3 scene 1.
This is a favourite part of the opera for many, though some criticise Elizabeth's prayer (in it's entirety) for being too long; certainly it requires the best singer to bring the required colour to it, since the only accompaniment in the orchestra is light woodwind.
Elizabeth is praying to the Virgin Mary for salvation both for her soul, which she knows is soon to be taken from her body, and for the soul of the soon to return Tannhäuser.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
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Related Leitmotifs:
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Subsidiary Leitmotifs:
Hymn to Dusk: youtu.be/OtHtUeZHQiI
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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 act 3 scene 1.
This is a favourite part of the opera for many, though some criticise Elizabeth's prayer (in it's entirety) for being too long; certainly it requires the best singer to bring the required colour to it, since the only accompaniment in the orchestra is light woodwind.
Elizabeth is praying to the Virgin Mary for salvation both for her soul, which she knows is soon to be taken from her body, and for the soul of the soon to return Tannhäuser.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
None
Related Leitmotifs:
None
Subsidiary Leitmotifs:
Hymn to Dusk: youtu.be/OtHtUeZHQiI
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.
