Wagner Leitmotifs | 9 Rhine Wave : Der Ring Des Nibelungen @wagnerleitmotifs7654 | Uploaded September 2013 | Updated October 2024, 14 hours ago.
This leitmotif is first heard in scene 1 of Das Rheingold.
This motif represents the fast flowing waves of the river Rhine. The first three notes of each bar are a major arpeggio from the Rhine or Nature motif, and the melody forms an undulating line like a wave. This motif is heard in conjunction with the Rheingold motif.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Rhine or Nature: youtu.be/4ATmAIo6lHQ
Related Leitmotifs:
Rheingold: youtu.be/7o1n81V5wcw
Subsidiary Leitmotifs:
Wave Motion: youtu.be/LnuLXg0Vl0Y
Storm: youtu.be/MU4nXZa4y08
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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 scene 1 of Das Rheingold.
This motif represents the fast flowing waves of the river Rhine. The first three notes of each bar are a major arpeggio from the Rhine or Nature motif, and the melody forms an undulating line like a wave. This motif is heard in conjunction with the Rheingold motif.
Progenitor leitmotifs:
Rhine or Nature: youtu.be/4ATmAIo6lHQ
Related Leitmotifs:
Rheingold: youtu.be/7o1n81V5wcw
Subsidiary Leitmotifs:
Wave Motion: youtu.be/LnuLXg0Vl0Y
Storm: youtu.be/MU4nXZa4y08
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.
