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motive or motif (mōtēf`), in music, a short phrase or passage of two or more notes and repeated or elaborated throughout the composition. The term is usually used synonymously with figure figure, in music, short melodic or rhythmic pattern, the smallest grouping of notes that will produce a single distinct impression. In this sense figure is synonymous with motive . In music before the 18th cent.
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. A special kind of motive is the leitmotiv, wherein a character or a dramatic idea is represented throughout an opera by one or more motives. The leitmotiv technique is almost as old as opera itself, but its most extensive application is found in Wagner's works.


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This revised doctoral thesis is a welcome contribution to understanding the development of Hebrew traditions in John's Gospel generally, and particularly, to the discernment of Hebrew covenantal motifs underlying the discipleship paradigm in John 1:35-51, 13-17 and 20-21.
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