| LC control no. | sh 85075932 |
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| Topical heading | Leitmotif |
| Variant(s) | Leading motif Leading motive Leitmotiv |
| See also | Opera |
| Found in | Grove music online WWW site, Mar. 8, 2004 (Leitmotif: A term adopted by early commentators on Wagner's music dramas to highlight what they believed to be the most important feature contributing to comprehensibility and expressive intensity in those works. A leitmotif is a theme or other coherent musical idea, clearly defined so as to retain its identity if modified on subsequent appearances, whose purpose is to represent or symbolize a person, object, place, idea, state of mind, supernatural force, or any other ingredient in a dramatic work) New Harvard dict. mus. (Leitmotif, Leitmotiv: A musical fragment, related to some aspect of the drama, that recurs in the course of an opera; cross-refs. from Leading motive, motif) Oxf. comp. mus., 2002 (leitmotif) Oxf. comp. mus., 1970 (leading motif) Baker's dict. mus. (leitmotiv) Music index WWW site, Mar. 8, 2004 (leitmotif) Web. 3 (leitmotiv or leitmotif) OED WWW site, Mar. 8, 2004 (leitmotiv) Amer. heritage dict., 4th ed., via Bartleby.com, Mar. 8, 2004 (leitmotif; also leitmotiv) MSN Encarta WWW site, Mar. 8, 2004 (leitmotif or leitmotiv) Wikipedia WWW site, Mar. 8, 2004 (leitmotif, also spelled leitmotiv) |
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