Wagner Leitmotifs | 85 Fafner : Der Ring Des Nibelungen @wagnerleitmotifs7654 | Uploaded September 2013 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
This leitmotif is first heard in the prelude to act 2 of Siegfried.
This motif represents Fafner, the giant who took the ring from Wotan as part of the ransom for Freia and subsequently used the tarnhelm to turn himself into a dragon after slaying his broth giant Fasolt. This motif is derived from the giants motif, but is slowed down.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Giants: youtu.be/jqbXQsOW2BA
Related Leitmotifs:
None
Subsidiary Leitmotifs:
None
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This leitmotif is first heard in the prelude to act 2 of Siegfried.
This motif represents Fafner, the giant who took the ring from Wotan as part of the ransom for Freia and subsequently used the tarnhelm to turn himself into a dragon after slaying his broth giant Fasolt. This motif is derived from the giants motif, but is slowed down.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Giants: youtu.be/jqbXQsOW2BA
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.