Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A melodic passage or phrase, especially in Wagnerian opera, associated with a specific character, situation, or element.
- noun A dominant and recurring theme, as in a novel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mus.) a guiding theme; in Wagnerian opera, a marked melodic phrase or short musical passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label. Also called Leading motive.
- noun a recurring theme in the activities of a person or group.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music A
melodic theme associated with a particularcharacter ,place ,thing oridea in anopera . - noun A
recurring theme .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But also I think the use of leitmotif is one of the ways in which you can tie together a narrative that is otherwise quite separated.
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With the no-doubt unintended effect of suggesting that Wallace's menace and ensuing mayhem might, in hindsight, be laughed-off like a good-ol'-boy joke, "George Wallace: Settin 'the Woods on Fire" takes part of its title, and its misguided musical leitmotif from a wacky, Hank Williams party-hearty song.
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WHY: The exhibition Last One will show Kozyrev's works from the artist's two latest series Lost Edge and Last One, in which his leitmotif is the ruin or fragment.
Exhibition Spotlight: Artist Dimitri Kozyrev Explores Ruin, Geometry, And Stalin Melinda Brocka 2011
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"Worried, I look around and see what happens, I'm not their leitmotif, which is the base of their lives: Violence, hatred and death, because too many people remained silent."
J. Weekly 2010
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Guwahati, April 5: Machor tenga, a sweet-and-sour curry which has come to be known as the leitmotif of the Assamese kitchen, has gone global.
uselessness commented on the word leitmotif
*hums the Imperial March*
October 3, 2007
shadytrees commented on the word leitmotif
Best modern example? Arrested Development
April 29, 2008
dontcry commented on the word leitmotif
duh-dum, duh-dum, duh-dum, (enter Jaws shark)...no?
April 30, 2008