Wagner Leitmotifs | 41 Siegmund : Der Ring Des Nibelungen @wagnerleitmotifs7654 | Uploaded August 2013 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
This leitmotif is first heard in the act 1 scene 1 of Die Walkure.
This motif represents Siegmund, the hero of the opera. He is the son of Wotan and a mortal woman and so his motif is derived from Wotan's Spear motif, but it is a gentler motif because Siegmund does not have godly power, and is a very gentle and kind person, remarkable given his background. The motif rises at the end symbolising how Siegmund will work against Wotan's will later in the opera.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Spear: youtu.be/yvXDyBeaP-4
Related Leitmotifs:
None
Subsidiary Leitmotifs:
Sieglinde: youtu.be/7SwD8gE0bWg
The Drink: youtu.be/ne0dfE3vmvA
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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 act 1 scene 1 of Die Walkure.
This motif represents Siegmund, the hero of the opera. He is the son of Wotan and a mortal woman and so his motif is derived from Wotan's Spear motif, but it is a gentler motif because Siegmund does not have godly power, and is a very gentle and kind person, remarkable given his background. The motif rises at the end symbolising how Siegmund will work against Wotan's will later in the opera.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Spear: youtu.be/yvXDyBeaP-4
Related Leitmotifs:
None
Subsidiary Leitmotifs:
Sieglinde: youtu.be/7SwD8gE0bWg
The Drink: youtu.be/ne0dfE3vmvA
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.
