Wagner Leitmotifs | 87 Forrest Murmurs : Der Ring Des Nibelungen @wagnerleitmotifs7654 | Uploaded September 2013 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
This leitmotif is first heard in act 2 scene 2 of Siegfried.
This motif is another example of tone painting: if dappled sunlight made a sound this would be it. It represents the peaceful hush or the forest around where Mime, Siegfried and Fafner live. Because it represents nature it is diatonic, and the intervals between Bb-D-F are the same as in the Genesis or Nature motif between Eb-G-Bb.
The name of this motif comes from Wagner's stage directions, in act 2 scene 2 they say: "Er lehnt sich tiefer zurück und blickt durch den Baumwipfel auf. Tiefe Stille._ Waldweben." ("He leans further back and looks deep through the treetops. Deep silence._ Forest Weaving."). This final word, "Waldweben" literally translates as Forest Weaving, but is often translated as Forest Murmurs.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Genesis or Nature: youtu.be/CzFdrDju4Zw
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 2 of Siegfried.
This motif is another example of tone painting: if dappled sunlight made a sound this would be it. It represents the peaceful hush or the forest around where Mime, Siegfried and Fafner live. Because it represents nature it is diatonic, and the intervals between Bb-D-F are the same as in the Genesis or Nature motif between Eb-G-Bb.
The name of this motif comes from Wagner's stage directions, in act 2 scene 2 they say: "Er lehnt sich tiefer zurück und blickt durch den Baumwipfel auf. Tiefe Stille._ Waldweben." ("He leans further back and looks deep through the treetops. Deep silence._ Forest Weaving."). This final word, "Waldweben" literally translates as Forest Weaving, but is often translated as Forest Murmurs.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Genesis or Nature: youtu.be/CzFdrDju4Zw
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.
