Brünnhilde’s Immolation Scene of Götterdämmerung: Leitmotifs Visualization

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  • Опубликовано: 22 авг 2019
  • Text of Index of Leitmotifs in Chinese & English:
    - zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/71501170
    Links to References:
    - pjb.com.au/mus/wagner/index.html
    - www.wagnerheim.com/
    - www.douban.com/note/720788059/ (Chinese translation)
    - blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_5698ee... (Chinese translation)
    This Recording:
    - • Wagner: Götterdämmerun...
    Leitmotives from the Ring Cycle:
    - • Wagner Leitmotives - 1...
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Комментарии • 90

  •  2 месяца назад +11

    If only the entire Ring was available in this kind of format.

  • @grumpy9721
    @grumpy9721 3 года назад +53

    The Transformation leitmotiv is so haunting: it's just that piece of music that gets stuck in your mind and keeps you awake at night wondering where the heck you heard it before.😅😌

    • @steveeliscu1254
      @steveeliscu1254 9 месяцев назад +5

      Well...of you listened to the whole Ring, you heard it sung by Sieglinde back in act 3 of Die Walkuere.

    • @em468
      @em468 Месяц назад

      Me gusta más el motivo de Sigfrido

  • @Dylonely42
    @Dylonely42 Год назад +14

    5:14 No words to describe the beauty here.

    • @Bu-bo-Bu-bo
      @Bu-bo-Bu-bo 5 месяцев назад

      I remember when i was in high school, many days, i used to listen to this part until the end before taking the bus. I loved this part. "Redemption though love" leitmotiv !

  • @brianshoman1723
    @brianshoman1723 2 года назад +21

    When I first started to learn about the Ring leitmotivs, I remember what is called the Transformation leitmotiv was called Redemption Through Love...I like the idea of combining the idea between both names, the theme is first sung by Sieglinde in Act 3 of Die Walkurie when she first learns she will have a son and decides she wants to live and not die.

    • @jaakkokeskinen
      @jaakkokeskinen 2 года назад +6

      I believe Wagner himself called the motif "Brynnhilde's glorification".

    • @brianshoman1723
      @brianshoman1723 2 года назад +5

      @@jaakkokeskinen I was not aware of that, thank you

    • @Paolo8772
      @Paolo8772 4 месяца назад

      @@jaakkokeskinen Apotheosis of Brunnhilde

  • @cristianfcao
    @cristianfcao 4 года назад +43

    Ever since I discovered the ring, long time ago, I was waiting for a video like this. Thank you so much!

  • @ct1monkey548
    @ct1monkey548 2 года назад +20

    I didn’t know how it happend but I started to cry. It was so beautiful how he brought things together and went from strong melody’s to a beautiful light breathtaking one. Amazing

    • @ellenmmartin
      @ellenmmartin Год назад +3

      happens every time. this performance in particular.

    • @jefolson6989
      @jefolson6989 11 месяцев назад +2

      Of course you did. Its overwhelming. Im crying thinking about YOU crying!

  • @Dylonely42
    @Dylonely42 Год назад +13

    One of the most outstanding endings ever written in music. Thank you very much for this analysis video.

  • @MrMazzada
    @MrMazzada Год назад +9

    Fantastic video, please do more like this, there are so many Wagner lovers awaiting such things and so many wonderful scenes in the Ring to be explained.

  • @jacobthomas1171
    @jacobthomas1171 3 года назад +17

    My favourite moment in the Ring recorded by my favourite singer while being beautifully illustrated and explained... this is my new favourite video on RUclips thank you so much

  • @partituravid
    @partituravid 8 месяцев назад +3

    this is freaking brilliant! So glad i found this- i can just play for my class! Thank you!

  • @micheltanaka2420
    @micheltanaka2420 Год назад +5

    It's hard to express my gratitude for your work with words, but I'll try: thank you so much!!

  • @diegoparra8178
    @diegoparra8178 4 года назад +13

    This is just amazing, great work. Sad that it doesn't have a lot more views

    • @unt5784
      @unt5784  4 года назад +5

      Thank you!

    • @em468
      @em468 Месяц назад

      ​@@unt5784que bien trabajo hermosa, 🥰

  • @Szpzer
    @Szpzer 2 года назад +4

    Great visualization! Thanks a lot! The moment that the brass section plays the Valhalla-motif in a different measure than the rest of the orchestra, fantastic!

  • @akechijubeimitsuhide
    @akechijubeimitsuhide 4 года назад +4

    Such a fantastically interwoven web!

  • @yuenfung8276
    @yuenfung8276 3 года назад +3

    非常好!!閣下讓那些說半天也看不懂总譜寫什麽的人知道怎樣讀了!!很好!!

  • @12321dantheman
    @12321dantheman 3 года назад

    great work, thanks for doing this! deserves way more views

  • @Test-bi5rg
    @Test-bi5rg 4 года назад +4

    Good Job! Clear and illustrative.

  • @juanchacon8846
    @juanchacon8846 3 года назад +1

    You guys who make these kind of videos are the new music teachers! Thank you so much!

  • @Pooneil1984
    @Pooneil1984 4 года назад +4

    Super. This really opened up my understanding of leitmotif.

  • @bengordon2373
    @bengordon2373 3 года назад

    Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you; this is genius.

  • @markokassenaar4387
    @markokassenaar4387 10 месяцев назад

    This video is amazing! Thank you so very much!!

  • @q-tuber7034
    @q-tuber7034 4 года назад +2

    Brilliant! Please do more!

  • @Keithustus
    @Keithustus Год назад +8

    Humanity’s greatest creation. Will anyone ever best Wagner?

    • @rphcomposer
      @rphcomposer Год назад +1

      think you could be right

    • @alexandre1690
      @alexandre1690 Год назад +2

      Mozart preceded him in Le Nozze di Figaro.

    • @Dylonely42
      @Dylonely42 Год назад +5

      @@alexandre1690This is way beyond Mozart’s operas.

    • @alexandre1690
      @alexandre1690 Год назад +1

      @@Dylonely42 Don't get me wrong, this is one of my favorite moments in one of my favorite operas by one of my favorite composers. But Mozart, especially in Le Nozze do Figaro, was utterly sublime in a way I haven't heard in any other piece of music, ever. I would even say Der Ring is better than Don Giovanni and Die Zauberflüte, but not Figaro...

  • @mikeblackstock
    @mikeblackstock 4 года назад +2

    Thank you so much, this is fantastic!

  • @SK-zr2sd
    @SK-zr2sd 6 месяцев назад

    Incredible! Thank you for this!

  • @user-dp1ue1ds4l
    @user-dp1ue1ds4l 4 года назад +2

    It's very fantastic and valuable job!

  • @Paolo8772
    @Paolo8772 4 месяца назад +1

    As a fan of Gotterdammerung and it's it's leitmotivs and not being Chinese: I've looked at five Chinese characters that denote "Twilight of the Gods" and the five that denote "Power of the Gods"; noticed the 1st three of each are identical and the last two aren't, meaning "Twilight" is a two character Chinese word. Below both is an oblique type version of Twilight of the Gods in Chinese as it denotes (inversion of) Twilight of the Gods. The two characters that denote power are also seen in oblique font in (aka Power of the Ring) along with "of the Ring". Wagner's Gotterdammerung is so powerful: it's teaching me Chinese!😆
    Fun fact (and as an aside): In old German the word dammert is the verb twilight, and dammerung is the noun twilight. In English: there is only one version of the word twilight. In both languages it doesn't denote the difference between dawn and dusk, hence its magic in Gotterdammerung; in fact: all of Der Ring des Nibelungen.

  • @etienneplanel1901
    @etienneplanel1901 3 года назад +1

    Such a great work, thanks ! I will give the link to my students, as we are currently exploring the Ring and the leitmotifs

    • @unt5784
      @unt5784  3 года назад +1

      Thank you!

  • @em468
    @em468 Месяц назад +1

    Maravilloso, magnífico, muy bien trabajo 😮😮😮😮😅

  • @Traigame2cervezas
    @Traigame2cervezas 2 года назад

    I love you for doing this.

  • @wy8574
    @wy8574 3 года назад +2

    Thank you, such a great video help to understand alot 👍👍👍

  • @jmballestra7607
    @jmballestra7607 2 года назад +6

    Excellente réalisation , notamment concernant le génial emploi des " leitmotive" !!!! ( Pourquoi celui de "La rédemption par l'amour " est -il nommé "transformation " ??????!!!!!!!

  • @abeque64
    @abeque64 10 месяцев назад

    Great job. Thank you very much.

  • @ellenmmartin
    @ellenmmartin Год назад

    Thank you so very much!

  • @martinlalonde979
    @martinlalonde979 4 года назад +2

    Thank you.

  • @alessela6804
    @alessela6804 3 года назад

    Amazing!!!

  • @valerio1961
    @valerio1961 3 года назад

    Thank You!!!!

  • @antonlc2332
    @antonlc2332 5 месяцев назад

    Únicamente queda llorar... maravilloso.

  • @WforWrath
    @WforWrath Год назад

    thank you

  • @jperez7893
    @jperez7893 5 дней назад

    so beautiful

  • @pius857
    @pius857 2 года назад +2

    2:44 is clearly referencing "Oh hehrstes Wunder" from the Walküre, which I guess is not a distinct leitmotif, yet still one of the most powerful ones imho.

    • @unt5784
      @unt5784  2 года назад +3

      Yes, it is. Actually, this melody is used only in "Oh hehrstes Wunder" and at the end of The Ring, but musicologists still treat it as a leitmotif because it's so explicit and prophetic.

    • @samueloverend3517
      @samueloverend3517 Год назад +3

      I was very familiar with the Immolation Scene before I saw the complete Die Walküre for the first time.
      I still remember the utter shock I felt at "Oh hehrstes Wunder".
      Wow.
      Where did that come from?
      Where did it go?

  • @Quotenwagnerianer
    @Quotenwagnerianer 8 месяцев назад

    The translation is really top-tier. It manages to capture the archaic language that Wagner uses really well.
    But you kind of missed the visualisation of the magic fire going on in the strings as the Valhal theme blasts. Kind of important considering that it is just in the process of burning to ashes.

  • @jakkrag549
    @jakkrag549 3 года назад +2

    Make more illustrations like this 😀

  • @Wuxotu
    @Wuxotu 9 месяцев назад

    Im showing this to my friends.

  • @bojovick18
    @bojovick18 Год назад +1

    Is there anything left to be said after this delightful music?

  • @nina_ho
    @nina_ho 2 года назад +1

    1:30 Ride of the Valkyries

    • @em468
      @em468 Месяц назад

      Espectacular, eres muy hermosa

  • @chenyhan4503
    @chenyhan4503 2 года назад +1

    在知乎上琢磨中古音的时候看到你们设计的切韵拼音方案,油管上又推荐给我你的频道,发现竟然也是音乐人?😺

  • @alexsandroalvesartecultura5116
    @alexsandroalvesartecultura5116 10 месяцев назад

    Eu conheço o motivo da transformação pelo nome de redenção pelo amor.

  • @Goetterdaemmerung86
    @Goetterdaemmerung86 3 года назад

    Genius

  • @allenhuug8650
    @allenhuug8650 4 года назад +1

    pretty sure this' Birgit Nilsson under Karl Böhm from the green hall in Bayreuth!

    • @steveeliscu1254
      @steveeliscu1254 8 месяцев назад

      Solti and Vienna Phil.

    • @michaelotruba1308
      @michaelotruba1308 2 месяца назад

      Nilsson is at least as good in the Böhm version, which, as it was recorded live, meant she sounded that good at the end of the five hour opera. Remarkable powers.

  • @CometComment
    @CometComment 3 года назад +2

    Where have I heard that 5:37 to 5:44 before? Probably at the end of some old black and white romantic film as they ride off into the sunset! What is the leitmotif called?

    • @unt5784
      @unt5784  3 года назад +1

      It is the 'Transformation' motif, also called 'Redemption by Love' moif. Music of those old films was largely influenced by Wagnerism, so it is not suprising that they share similiar styles.

    • @CometComment
      @CometComment 3 года назад +1

      @@unt5784 Thank you

    • @CapnKV
      @CapnKV 2 года назад +1

      Not exactly answering your question, but to show the influence of Wagner on film, compare the Libestod from Tristan und Isolde to Bernard Herman’s “Scene d’Amour” from Vertigo

    • @CometComment
      @CometComment 2 года назад

      @@CapnKV That's ok, the more info. the better!

    • @melissalahullier8909
      @melissalahullier8909 Год назад +1

      It’s used in West Side Story by Bernstein for “I have a love”

  • @chadwilson2528
    @chadwilson2528 4 года назад

    Is there a book/resource you recommend with a catalog of these leitmotifs (in English)?

    • @unt5784
      @unt5784  4 года назад

      pjb.com.au/mus/wagner/index.html
      www.wagnerheim.com/
      These two sites might help

  • @jrbleau
    @jrbleau 2 года назад

    A lot going on there...

  • @teddyvanjerry3451
    @teddyvanjerry3451 2 года назад +1

    Really refreshed by this amazing piece and this wonderful visualization work. Let the war be burnt out and gone in the fire as is the crime of the ring. May the purification and peace be with Ukraine.

  • @computerdynamo
    @computerdynamo 29 дней назад

    7:38

  • @darrenniman874
    @darrenniman874 3 месяца назад

    The whole of the Ring Cycle and its techniques, orchestration, leitmotifs, the lot have provided a colossal influence on the development and history of Western Classical Music and we have to appreciate it, even though its composer's ethical and political opinions have a lot to answer for. This is the dilemma of appreciating his music. Honestly, it does make me cry when I listen to it... not only because of the amazing music, but also because I have to question, "why did it have to be written by such a horrible man?"

  • @tonybarde2572
    @tonybarde2572 3 года назад +2

    And then I saw a New Heaven and a New Earth. For the Old Heaven and the Old Earth Passed away. And there was no longer a sea.
    -Revelation 21:1
    This music truly symbolizes the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and the Rapture.

  • @TreyHarris
    @TreyHarris 3 года назад +2

    This was Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s favorite opera scene. May her memory be a blessing.

  • @ToxicTurtleIsMad
    @ToxicTurtleIsMad 9 месяцев назад

    Please do more of this

  • @Dylonely42
    @Dylonely42 Год назад

    7:38