Wagner Leitmotifs | 53 Ride of the Valkyries : Der Ring Des Nibelungen @wagnerleitmotifs7654 | Uploaded August 2013 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
This leitmotif is first heard in act 2 scene 1 of Die Walkure.
This motif represents the Valkyries riding out onto the battle field to collect the souls of dead heroes to take back to Valhalla the be Wotan's personal body guard.
This motif is built on the skeleton of the Erda motif. It comes in two forms: a minor and a major version. The minor version is normally heard as long passages which end with the major version, somewhat as a hurrah. It is an inversion of the Freia Pursued motif.
Although this motif is first officially heard in act 2 of Die Walkure, the closing bars of Das Rheingold have an unmistakable resemblance to this motif, perhaps foreshadowing what is to happen next in the cycle.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Erda: youtu.be/BqLevNjmin0
Freia Pursued: youtu.be/Tk2b5eiq8hg
Related Leitmotifs:
Genesis or Nature: youtu.be/CzFdrDju4Zw
Flight: youtu.be/c8Jw6iDxSCo
Riding: youtu.be/fo99JgiazVU
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 act 2 scene 1 of Die Walkure.
This motif represents the Valkyries riding out onto the battle field to collect the souls of dead heroes to take back to Valhalla the be Wotan's personal body guard.
This motif is built on the skeleton of the Erda motif. It comes in two forms: a minor and a major version. The minor version is normally heard as long passages which end with the major version, somewhat as a hurrah. It is an inversion of the Freia Pursued motif.
Although this motif is first officially heard in act 2 of Die Walkure, the closing bars of Das Rheingold have an unmistakable resemblance to this motif, perhaps foreshadowing what is to happen next in the cycle.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Erda: youtu.be/BqLevNjmin0
Freia Pursued: youtu.be/Tk2b5eiq8hg
Related Leitmotifs:
Genesis or Nature: youtu.be/CzFdrDju4Zw
Flight: youtu.be/c8Jw6iDxSCo
Riding: youtu.be/fo99JgiazVU
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.
