Wagner Leitmotifs | 71 Magic Sleep or Oblivion : Der Ring Des Nibelungen @wagnerleitmotifs7654 | Uploaded August 2013 | Updated October 2024, 47 minutes ago.
This leitmotif is first heard in act 3 scene 3 of Die Walkure.
This motif represents Magic Sleep or Oblivion. It is heard as Brunhilde is put to sleep at the end of Die Walkure and as Wotan meets with Erda in act 3 of Siegfried, both as she wakes up and when he bids her descend to ageless sleep, since he knows of the imminent destruction of the world. It is also heard as Brunhilde rides into Siegfried's funeral pyre, and here it has the specific meaning of Oblivion.
The motif is a series of chromatic mediants, which gives it a magical feel.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
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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 3 scene 3 of Die Walkure.
This motif represents Magic Sleep or Oblivion. It is heard as Brunhilde is put to sleep at the end of Die Walkure and as Wotan meets with Erda in act 3 of Siegfried, both as she wakes up and when he bids her descend to ageless sleep, since he knows of the imminent destruction of the world. It is also heard as Brunhilde rides into Siegfried's funeral pyre, and here it has the specific meaning of Oblivion.
The motif is a series of chromatic mediants, which gives it a magical feel.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Loge: youtu.be/OZG70F2ob_k
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.
