Leitmotiv

(LEYET-moh-teef) A frequently recurring bit of melody, usually in opera, associated with a person, thing, or emotion; Leitmotiv is German for “leading theme.

leitmotif 2002

At his best on soft, he is overlooked here in favour of Wayne Smith's mount Leitmotiv 4.35 who has acquitted himself well on the Tapeta but should be able to find an extra gear back on grass.

Grade One winner Irish Flame can burn off rivals at Dubai carnival 2011

Strangest Effective Promotional Tool A taxi wrapped by Furla with designs from the company's new Leitmotiv collection along with a Furla bag on its roof carried editors and bloggers to the tents.

Fashion Week: The Good, the Bad, the Odd 2010

Of course I put down the book at that point and tried to come up with a suitable one-sentence Leitmotiv for the Magnificent Octopus.

September 17th, 2006 superversive 2006

"I want to understand" is the Leitmotiv of Arnedt's famous interview with Günter Gaus.

Balkinization 2006

He began as a Surrealist, editing the magazine Leitmotiv (1941) and the anthology Actas surrealistas (1974).

Braulio Arenas greenintegerblog 2008

It's a piece of common misinformation that Wagner invented the Leitmotiv.

Intermission. Ann Althouse 2008

"I want to understand" is the Leitmotiv of Arnedt's famous interview with Günter Gaus.

Balkinization 2006

Leitmotiv of the Frente Francisco de Miranda the electoral campaign arm of chavismo

Saturday morning fascist moment 2007

From the simple evaluation of plot, charactertization and dialogue, to application of "the author is dead", semiotics and Xanaduism, to the theories of analysis based on concepts like Erwartungshorizont (horizon of expectation), Leitmotiv (leading motif), narrative theory and pataphysics (the metaphysics of nonsense).

notes from the peanut gallery Dean Francis Alfar 2003