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leitmotiv

NOUN
  1. a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)

How To Use leitmotiv In A Sentence

  • Logically then, Stauffenberg's moral leitmotiv should be traced back to this spirituality which, for Holderlin, was pietistically tinged. Signandsight.com
  • As ever, I wanted some tunes to take away, apart from bits of airs (with a minuet as a slight leitmotiv) of contemporary style.
  • The sight is beautifully poetic and expresses the leitmotiv tension between heaven and earth.
  • One little group of notes (l) I have seen described as a leitmotiv; and if it is one, I should like to know what it stands for. Richard Wagner
  • The constant struggle to make a living in the arts in New Zealand runs like a leitmotiv throughout the book.
  • The work abounds in leitmotivs, the most important of which are those relating to Holmes and Watson.
  • We should throw off the heavy, Germanic Leitmotiven we've been burdened with all these years, and like characters in any good Baroque opera, adopt the affetto proper to our roles. Intermission.
  • The key leitmotiv throughout Richard Hooker's writings is the concept of order.
  • One little group of notes (_l_) I have seen described as a leitmotiv; and if it is one, I should like to know what it stands for. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas
  • To give order to this new concept of opera, Wagner invented the leitmotiv, which is a relatively short melodic idea that represents a certain character, thing, or idea. Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
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