Wagner Leitmotifs | 40 Storm : Der Ring Des Nibelungen @wagnerleitmotifs7654 | Uploaded August 2013 | Updated October 2024, 9 hours ago.
This leitmotif is first heard in the prelude to act 1 of Die Walkure.
This motif represents the storm which opens Die Walkure, and makes up most of the prelude. It is derived from the spear motif, which gives it connotations (not that it needs them) of extreme power and force.
This motif also represents Siegmund's flight for his life from a settlement where he has just protected a woman from being killed (fruitlessly), which has angered the men there.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Rhine Wave: youtu.be/t_c0Kzn_k0Y
Spear: youtu.be/yvXDyBeaP-4
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 prelude to act 1 of Die Walkure.
This motif represents the storm which opens Die Walkure, and makes up most of the prelude. It is derived from the spear motif, which gives it connotations (not that it needs them) of extreme power and force.
This motif also represents Siegmund's flight for his life from a settlement where he has just protected a woman from being killed (fruitlessly), which has angered the men there.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Rhine Wave: youtu.be/t_c0Kzn_k0Y
Spear: youtu.be/yvXDyBeaP-4
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.
