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Definitions of leitmotif in various dictionaries:
noun - a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
A melodic passage or phrase, especially in Wagnerian opera, associated with a specific character, situation, or element.
A dominant and recurring theme, as in a novel.
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| Wagner is often associated with this 9-letter type of dominant & recurring theme |
| German term for a short musical passage that identifies people or things when they appear in an opera |
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| A leitmotif or leitmotiv is a "short, constantly recurring musical phrase" associated with a particular person, place, or idea. It is closely related to the musical concepts of idée fixe or motto-theme. The spelling leitmotif is an anglicization of the German Leitmotiv (IPA: [latmotif]), literally meaning "leading motif", or perhaps more accurately, "guiding motif". A musical motif has been defined as a "short musical idea ... melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic, or all three", a salient recurring figure, musical fragment or succession of notes that has some special importance in or is characteristic of a composition: "the smallest structural unit possessing thematic identity."In particular, such a motif should be "clearly identified so as to retain its identity if modified on subsequent appearances" whether such modification be in terms of rhythm, harmony, orchestration or accompaniment. It may also be "combined with other leitmotifs to suggest a new dramatic condition" or development. Th |