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leitmotif

or ±ô±ð¾±³Ù·³¾´Ç·³Ù¾±±¹

[ lahyt-moh-teef ]

noun

  1. a motif or theme associated throughout a music drama with a particular person, situation, or idea.
  2. a unifying or dominant motif; a recurrent theme:

    A leitmotif in science fiction is the evolving relationship between humans and machines.



leitmotif

/ ˈ±ô²¹Éª³Ù³¾É™ÊŠËŒ³Ù¾±Ë´Ú /

noun

  1. music a recurring short melodic phrase or theme used, esp in Wagnerian music dramas, to suggest a character, thing, etc
  2. an often repeated word, phrase, image, or theme in a literary work
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

leitmotif

  1. A frequently recurring bit of melody, usually in opera , associated with a person, thing, or emotion; Leitmotiv is German for “leading theme.†The leitmotif may be heard in the instrumental or the vocal part.
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Notes

Recurring themes or subjects in other forms of art or literature are sometimes also called leitmotifs.
Leitmotifs are particularly associated with the operas of Richard Wagner .
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of leitmotif1

First recorded in 1875–80; from German: “leading motiveâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of leitmotif1

C19: from German leitmotiv leading motif
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Through these depictions, the show tries to tell the histories of the nomadic, tribal and agrarian communities for whom resilient survival was the leitmotif and cloth a way of narrating their marginalised experiences.

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In that campaign, Obama leaned on a handful of leitmotifs to underscore his meaning: yes we can, change we need, the audacity of hope.

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In the “Barbie†film, “What Was I Made For?†plays a key role — an instrumental version of the song pops up like a leitmotif, soundtracking introspective, existential moments for its protagonist.

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It was a leitmotif in everything that was being said for decades,†Traube said, adding that he is upset both by the resurgence of antisemitism and the lack of a “massive popular reaction†against it.

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Certain themes and leitmotifs are constant presences in his playfully experimental fiction.

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