Wagner Leitmotifs | 81 World Ash Tree : Der Ring Des Nibelungen @wagnerleitmotifs7654 | Uploaded September 2013 | Updated October 2024, 13 hours ago.
This leitmotif is first heard in act 1 scene 2 of Siegfried.
This motif represents the World Ash Tree, the tree of life which is guarded by the Norns, from which Wotan removed a branch in order to make his spear. The tree subsequently died showing the destructive nature of the pursuit of power on the innocent. The tree is later cut up and put around the walls of Valhalla, so that heaven and all who dwell there in are destroyed as Siegfried's funeral pyre blazes up. This motif is derived from the Nature motif but in the minor key, since the tree was destroyed, so it is similar to Erda.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Genesis or Nature: youtu.be/CzFdrDju4Zw
Related Leitmotifs:
Erda: youtu.be/BqLevNjmin0
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 1 scene 2 of Siegfried.
This motif represents the World Ash Tree, the tree of life which is guarded by the Norns, from which Wotan removed a branch in order to make his spear. The tree subsequently died showing the destructive nature of the pursuit of power on the innocent. The tree is later cut up and put around the walls of Valhalla, so that heaven and all who dwell there in are destroyed as Siegfried's funeral pyre blazes up. This motif is derived from the Nature motif but in the minor key, since the tree was destroyed, so it is similar to Erda.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Genesis or Nature: youtu.be/CzFdrDju4Zw
Related Leitmotifs:
Erda: youtu.be/BqLevNjmin0
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.
