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leitmotif::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | leitmotiv |
| Type of | air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune |
Examples of leitmotif
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This piece of music is used as a leitmotif, symbolising Chipping's love for her.
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The tightrope walker balancing between life and death is the novel's leitmotif.
From the guardian.co.uk
Nostalgia for the Soviet empire has long been the leitmotif of Russia's ideology.
From the economist.com
Variety isn't just the spice of life, it's the leitmotif of the new art season.
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Hillary Clinton found her I'm-a-fighter leitmotif too late to save her candidacy.
From the nytimes.com
For example, black silk neckbows, a house signature that was used as a leitmotif.
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The leitmotif in this novel provides unity as the character of Stephen matures.
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Suffering is also a leitmotif of the Flemish sculptor Berlinde De Bruyckere.
From the bloomberg.com
Tosca is the most Wagnerian of Puccini's operas, with its frequent use of leitmotif.
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- Leitmotiv: a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
- A leitmotif (sometimes written leit-motif) (from the German Leitmotiv, lit. "leading motif", or perhaps more accurately "guiding motif") is a musical term (though occasionally used in theatre or literature), referring to a recurring theme, associated with a particular person, place, or idea. ...
- Leitmotif is Dredg's first full-length album, originally released on May 30, 1998. The album was re-released by Universal, with different artwork, on September 11, 2001. ...
- A theme or other musical idea the represents or symbolizes a person, object, place, idea, state of mind, supernatural force or some other ingredient in a dramatic work. An idea used widely throughout German opera, though associated with Richard Wagner in most of his operas.
- In works of Liszt, Wagner, and other nineteenth-century Romantic composers, certain strongly defined melodies appear at regular intervals, representing various characters, things, ideas, or moods. ...
- A short melodic 'idea', sometimes of only a few notes, which is used by a composer to signify someone or something in an operatic story. ...
- "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.
- A basic recurring theme, representing a person, object or idea, commonly used in Wagner's operas.
- The repetition of a single phrase or idea by a character until it becomes almost a trademark for that character. In music, the repetition of a single musical theme to announce the reappearance of a certain character.
