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- noun Plural form of
leitmotiv .
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Examples
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In the Dutchman two themes may be rightly described as leitmotivs; in Tannhaeuser not one theme may be rightly so described.
Richard Wagner Runciman, John F 1913
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Of what may be called leitmotivs there are only three, the Dutchman (i) and Senta (j), while a portion of the second (k) may be regarded as a third, for it is used by itself, independently.
Richard Wagner Runciman, John F 1913
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Of what may be called leitmotivs there are only three, the
Richard Wagner Composer of Operas John F. Runciman 1891
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In the _Dutchman_ two themes may be rightly described as leitmotivs; in
Richard Wagner Composer of Operas John F. Runciman 1891
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That meant finding a visual equivalent for the "leitmotivs" or thematic strands of melody that Wagner wove in ever-shifting forms to compose the score of his epic music drama.
'Ring' Cycle To Debut At Metropolitan Opera With High-Tech 'Das Rheingold' 2010
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ENO Music Director Edward Gardner conducts what I first feared was a wayward orchestra; but the harder I listened, the more I realized that he was movingly eliciting the quintessential continuities of the score, the almost Wagnerian leitmotivs that are made explicit in the exemplary, just-published ENO Overture Opera Guide to "Eugene Onegin," ed.
A Lovestruck 'Onegin' Paul Levy 2011
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With a bit of hesitation - and a bit of a joke - Moravec also said during the symposium that there are leitmotivs associated with each character, and with the letter itself.
Archive 2009-08-01 Lisa Hirsch 2009
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Not sure what the connection is between bunnies and The Hostiles, but a cool use of leitmotivs there.
The Tail Section » Composer Michael Giacchino and Terry with the Pops 2007
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With a bit of hesitation - and a bit of a joke - Moravec also said during the symposium that there are leitmotivs associated with each character, and with the letter itself.
!.....!........!!!!! Lisa Hirsch 2009
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Memories of Earth is actually an elaborate scenario, a dazzling spiral of words built by using leitmotivs and recurrent images.
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