This video is a brief overview of the musical concept of leitmotif and an introduction to how Wagner utilizes this concept in his operas.

The Flying Dutchman (full performance with sheet music): [ Ссылка ]

Siegfried (act 1 part 1 - motif discussed in this video occurs at 8 and 9 minutes): [ Ссылка ]

Siegfried (act 2 part 5 - motif at the very beginning, in full): [ Ссылка ]

Artwork used in this video:
Albert Pinkham Ryder, The Flying Dutchman, 1887
Otto von Richter, Siegfried awakens Brunnhilde, 1892
Sigurd slaying Fafnir from the Hylestad Stave Church, ~12th century AD
Arthur Rackham, Mime at the Anvil, 1911
Ferdinand Fellner, Siegfried with the bear, 1823

All music is original (except the motifs, obviously, which are stolen and degraded in midi).

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