Wagner Leitmotifs | 37 Shepherd's Sad Song : Tristan und Isolde @wagnerleitmotifs7654 | Uploaded August 2013 | Updated October 2024, 13 hours ago.
This leitmotif is first heard in the prelude to act 3.
This motif begins the lament played by the shepherd boy who is on lookout for Isolde's ship, only when it is spotted will he play a happy tune. The rest of the shepherds tunes can be seen here (motif b does appear on its own at times): http://www.utexas.edu/courses/tristan/motive39.php. This tune winds it's way throughout scene 1.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
None
Related Leitmotifs:
Joyous Lay: youtu.be/tLKs4_fdcng
Subsidiary Leitmotifs:
None
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This leitmotif is first heard in the prelude to act 3.
This motif begins the lament played by the shepherd boy who is on lookout for Isolde's ship, only when it is spotted will he play a happy tune. The rest of the shepherds tunes can be seen here (motif b does appear on its own at times): http://www.utexas.edu/courses/tristan/motive39.php. This tune winds it's way throughout scene 1.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
None
Related Leitmotifs:
Joyous Lay: youtu.be/tLKs4_fdcng
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.
