Wagner Leitmotifs | 63 Power of the Gods : Der Ring Des Nibelungen @wagnerleitmotifs7654 | Uploaded September 2013 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
This leitmotif is first heard in act 1 scene 2 of Siegfried.
This motif represents the power of the gods, and is an inversion of the Spear motif. It is related to Gotterdammerung, foreshadowing the downfall of the gods.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Genesis or Nature: youtu.be/CzFdrDju4Zw
Spear: youtu.be/yvXDyBeaP-4
Related Leitmotifs:
Need of the Gods: youtu.be/hpsUEONF6Ys
Gotterdammerung: youtu.be/nEnCZMmpuNo
Subsidiary Leitmotifs:
Gunther as Hero: youtu.be/Ayh1IcO0A14
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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 1 scene 2 of Siegfried.
This motif represents the power of the gods, and is an inversion of the Spear motif. It is related to Gotterdammerung, foreshadowing the downfall of the gods.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Genesis or Nature: youtu.be/CzFdrDju4Zw
Spear: youtu.be/yvXDyBeaP-4
Related Leitmotifs:
Need of the Gods: youtu.be/hpsUEONF6Ys
Gotterdammerung: youtu.be/nEnCZMmpuNo
Subsidiary Leitmotifs:
Gunther as Hero: youtu.be/Ayh1IcO0A14
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.
