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Definition of Leitmotif
1. Noun. A melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas).
Generic synonyms: Air, Line, Melodic Line, Melodic Phrase, Melody, Strain, Tune
Definition of Leitmotif
1. n. See Leading motive, under Leading,
Definition of Leitmotif
1. Noun. (music) A melodic theme associated with a particular character, place, thing or idea in an opera. ¹
2. Noun. A recurring theme. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Leitmotif
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leitmotif
Literary usage of Leitmotif
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Artists and Thinkers by Louis William Flaccus (1916)
"In this principle of musical continuity lies the secret of Wagner's use of leitmotif.
In its crudest form leitmotif is simply a musical tag; it is a partly ..."
2. Home Life in Spain by Samuel Levy Bensusan (1910)
"... be marred by this circumstance, for the Spaniard has yet to learn that German
art has invented a leitmotif, that it is the fashion to bring this out in ..."
3. Home Life in Spain by Samuel Levy Bensusan (1910)
"... plan of the book will not, as a rule, be marred by this circumstance, for the
Spaniard has yet to learn that German art has invented a leitmotif, ..."
4. An Ethical Movement: A Volume of Lectures by Walter Lorenzo Sheldon (1896)
"We may be reading the poem and be deeply stirred by it without being definitely
conscious on the instant what the leitmotif is, which has been introduced. ..."
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