How to use in-sentence of “leitmotif”:
+ This way of linking a theme with a person led to Richard WagnerWagner’s use of leitmotif in his operas in which a tune is linked to a person, event or idea.
+ For example, a leitmotif might be played before a character comes onstage, so the audience will know who is coming before the actor can be seen.
+ The overture uses counterpoint to reinforce the appearance of the leitmotif that represents the Russian forces throughout the song.Tchaikovsky’s 1812: The Multimedia Festival Overture.
+ Another leitmotif is the chord we hear when Wozzeck, near the beginning of the opera, talks about “poor folk like us”.
+ The use of leitmotif was not completely new in the 19th century.
+ Each character in the opera has his own musical leitmotif which can change and combine to show their changing moods and situations.
+ Sometimes a leitmotif will change during an opera as the character changes.
+ For example, the famous Jaws theme uses a leitmotif for the shark.
