7 Declaration of Love : Tannhuser

This leitmotif is first heard in the overture. In this motif there is a call and response between the aching longing of the soaring violin and the quenching of the Bacchanal segment a motif. Sometimes the longing is heard on its own, in a succession of swooping pangs. Progenitor leitmotifs: Bacchanal a: Related Leitmotifs: None Subsidiary Leitmotifs: Love (Der Ring des Nibelungen): Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use“ for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favour of fair use. This video is designed for the purpose of teaching the viewer about the leitmotifs in Wagner's Operas, where they appear and how the work. This clearly come