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leitmotifIn music, a recurring theme or motive used to illustrate a character or idea. The term is strongly associated with Richard Wagner, who frequently employed this technique with great sophistication in his music dramas; it is also strongly prevalent in music for film. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This is another of his leitmotivs that elaborate on Benjamin: In a fascist manner, such images have produced a pervasive "empathy for the technology of war. We may need to recall the lives of dying artists and the work they created and let art paint their faces, sculpt their shapes and contours, and compose leitmotivs. Stevenson also employs a range of dance leitmotivs, characteristic steps for each character, which in places leads to a certain dance monotony, although Stevenson sidesteps this in his duets, which are typically fluent and imaginative. |
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