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leitmotivIn music, a melodic idea associated with a character or an important dramatic element. It is associated particularly with the operas of Richard Wagner, most of which rely on a dense web of associative leitmotifs. Most composers after Wagner (and some of his immediate predecessors) continued to use this musico-dramatic principle, but few as rigorously as he did. leitmotif, leitmotiv 1. Music a recurring short melodic phrase or theme used, esp in Wagnerian music dramas, to suggest a character, thing, etc. 2. an often repeated word, phrase, image, or theme in a literary work Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | These five short stories, tied together by common themes of music and the dark night of the heart, project the introspection, regret, determination, and Weltschmerz that pervaded Remains and that appear to be a leitmotiv in Ishiguro's other writings as well. The imposed dispute about the name has two leitmotivs of an analysis--the one is linked with our process of democratic consolidation and the stateness question from 1991, that is to say the identification of the citizens with the acts of the state, which is a process that has not yet been completed, and the other one is the concept of self-determination of the nations projected according to the international law. This beautiful Leitmotiv Vino Glass Chandelier could be just what you''re after, and it's sure to be a talking point at dinner parties. |
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