Wagner Leitmotifs | 38 Purpose of the Sword : Der Ring Des Nibelungen @wagnerleitmotifs7654 | Uploaded September 2013 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
This leitmotif is first heard in scene 4 of Das Rheingold.
This motif, split into two segments, is derived from the sword motif, and symbolises Wotan's conception of his vision for Nothung.
The first segment revolves around the same octave leap down as the Sword motif, and is almost identical. The second segment segment replaces the octave with a fifth followed by two steps upwards (a form which Wagner likes: leap down then stepwise rise) which forms the basis for a number of subsidiary motifs.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Sword: youtu.be/XhM5UkVVmxA
Related Leitmotifs:
None
Subsidiary Leitmotifs:
Seduction: youtu.be/wHq5l0Qybck
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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 scene 4 of Das Rheingold.
This motif, split into two segments, is derived from the sword motif, and symbolises Wotan's conception of his vision for Nothung.
The first segment revolves around the same octave leap down as the Sword motif, and is almost identical. The second segment segment replaces the octave with a fifth followed by two steps upwards (a form which Wagner likes: leap down then stepwise rise) which forms the basis for a number of subsidiary motifs.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Sword: youtu.be/XhM5UkVVmxA
Related Leitmotifs:
None
Subsidiary Leitmotifs:
Seduction: youtu.be/wHq5l0Qybck
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.
