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Definition of leitmotifs in English English dictionary
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- German for "leading motif " A system devised by Wagner whereby a melodic idea represents a character, an object, or an idea
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- A leitmotif in something such as a book or film or in a person's life is an idea or an object which occurs again and again. The title of one of Dietrich's best-known songs could serve as the leitmotif for her life
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- A recurring theme
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- Like a regular motif, but less filling
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- "Leading Motive" Use of a musical phrase to identify with a certain person, place or thing in a dramatic work, especially an opera, usually repeated every time its referent appeared in the work
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- A melodic theme associated with a particular character, place, thing or idea in an opera
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- a short, constantly recurring musical phrase that relates to a character, emotion or object It became associated with Richard Wagner's operas
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- See Leading motive, under Leading, a
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- A leitmotif is a musical theme associated with a particular character or idea
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- a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
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- A phrase or theme used recurrently in an opera to identify a character, mood, feeling, situation, and so forth This technique was brought to its highest development by Wagner in his music dramas
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- "Leading motive," or basic recurring theme, representing a person, object, or idea, commonly used in Wagner’s operas libretto Text, or script, of an opera, prepared by a librettist
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- (German; pronounced "LIGHT-mo-teef"): a musical theme assigned to a main character or idea of an opera; invented by Richard Wagner
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- \LYT-moh-teef\, noun: 1 In music drama, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label 2 A dominant and recurring theme
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- recurring melodic fragment or chord bearing dramatic or emotional significance introduced by Wagner in his music dramas
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- A musical idea associated with a character, mood, or situation in an opera or a movie, which recurs throughout the story and helps the audience make connections between scenes and ideas The leitmotif is related to Berlioz's idee fixe, but was brought to its culmination by the German operatic composer Richard Wagner
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- Leading Motive" Use of a musical phrase to identify with a certain person, place or thing in a dramatic work, especially an opera, usually repeated every time its referrant appeared in the work
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- {i} central motif, main theme
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- a short musical idea or theme used by a composer to represent a character, a thing, or an idea A leitmotif appears throughout a musical work each time a composer wishes to remind his listeners of the subject it represents