Wagner Leitmotifs | 62 Annunciation of Death : Der Ring Des Nibelungen @wagnerleitmotifs7654 | Uploaded August 2013 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
This leitmotif is first heard in act 2 scene 4 of Die Walkure.
This motif represents Death. It is formed from two motifs, the first bar is the Curse motif, and the next two bars are Fate. This motif is not heard every time someone dies, but is heard as Wotan orders Siegmind's death, and subsequently both when he and Siegfried die.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Woe or Grief: youtu.be/0YHj98cwlGM
Curse: youtu.be/7goTVlreE68
Fate: youtu.be/eK2LxAJErr0
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 act 2 scene 4 of Die Walkure.
This motif represents Death. It is formed from two motifs, the first bar is the Curse motif, and the next two bars are Fate. This motif is not heard every time someone dies, but is heard as Wotan orders Siegmind's death, and subsequently both when he and Siegfried die.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Woe or Grief: youtu.be/0YHj98cwlGM
Curse: youtu.be/7goTVlreE68
Fate: youtu.be/eK2LxAJErr0
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.
