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Leitmotif |
A recurrent theme throughout a musical composition that is associated with a specific character, idea or situation |
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Symphonic poem |
A piece of orchestral music usually in a single continuous movement |
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Ideefix |
Recurring theme or melodic idea. (Longer than a leitmotif) |
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Gesamtkunstwerk |
total art work; an artistic creation, as the music dramas of Richard Wagner, that synthesizes the elements of music, drama, spectacle, dance, etc. |
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Cyclic form |
a technique of musical construction, involving multiple sections or movements, in which a theme, melody, or thematic material occurs in more than one movement as a unifying device |
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Tristan chord |
A leitmotif in Wagner's opera |
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Endless melody |
wagners term for his method of creating long stretches of unresolving music throughout opera |
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La traviata |
An opera by Verdi, about the fakeness of the French culture, based on a book by Alexandre Dumas |
