Wagner Leitmotifs | 37 Sword : 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 is one of the most important motifs in the cycle. It represents Sword, but not any sword, Nothung, the enchanted sword made by Wotan, given to Siegmund, shattered by Wotan, reforged by Siegfried and used to slay the dragon Fafner.
This motif is first heard before the sword is even made, because it foretells Wotans intention to make Nothung and leave it stuck in a tree for Siegmund to find in his hour of need.
The motif is derived from the Genesis or Nature motif, and from the middle C, is identical.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Genesis or Nature: youtu.be/CzFdrDju4Zw
Related Leitmotifs:
Siegfried: youtu.be/PMFyRA_e3v8
Siegfried's Horn Call: youtu.be/8UtqAwUVl00
Subsidiary Leitmotifs:
Purpose of the Sword: youtu.be/-sn6rDtKAN4
Nothung: youtu.be/TvQ1bmmtBro
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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 is one of the most important motifs in the cycle. It represents Sword, but not any sword, Nothung, the enchanted sword made by Wotan, given to Siegmund, shattered by Wotan, reforged by Siegfried and used to slay the dragon Fafner.
This motif is first heard before the sword is even made, because it foretells Wotans intention to make Nothung and leave it stuck in a tree for Siegmund to find in his hour of need.
The motif is derived from the Genesis or Nature motif, and from the middle C, is identical.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Genesis or Nature: youtu.be/CzFdrDju4Zw
Related Leitmotifs:
Siegfried: youtu.be/PMFyRA_e3v8
Siegfried's Horn Call: youtu.be/8UtqAwUVl00
Subsidiary Leitmotifs:
Purpose of the Sword: youtu.be/-sn6rDtKAN4
Nothung: youtu.be/TvQ1bmmtBro
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.
