15 November 2016
leitmotif
[lahyt-moh-teef]
noun
1. a motif or theme associated throughout a music drama with a particular person, situation, or idea.
Origin of leitmotif
1875-1880; < German: leading motive
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Examples from the Web for leitmotif
Contemporary Examples
The leitmotif of the new vogue in bad parenting is that keeping the marital buzz buzzing trumps the children.
How Bad Parenting Became Cool
Margaret Carlson
June 18, 2009
A leitmotif on journalism threads through this often-byzantine narrative.
How the ‘Witch Hunt’ Myth Undermined American Justice
Jason Berry
July 11, 2014
Historical Examples
It was what I had always called “Rosemary’s leitmotif,” expressed in perfume.
The Brightener
C. N. Williamson
He will come back, murmured Chavvy, in concordance with her leitmotif.
Twos and Threes
G. B. Stern
Here is the leitmotif of the whole fascinating drama of infection and immunity.
Preventable Diseases
Woods Hutchinson
“More work for the undertaker” should be the leitmotif of the evening’s fun.
Perfect Behavior
Donald Ogden Stewart
In her direct and genuine nature there is a ‘ leitmotif ‘ of pure sweet melody that will enrich the life of its discoverer.
Bee and Butterfly
Lucy Foster Madison
Indeed, they recur again and again, like a leitmotif in music, in everything he wrote.
The Social Significance of the Modern Drama
Emma Goldman
In these symphonic poems Liszt has made use of the principle of the leitmotif in orchestral music.
How to Appreciate Music
Gustav Kobb
His leitmotif in the music-play has been ‘See the Conquering Hero’ up to now; one isn’t sorry to see one’s sex avenged.
The Dop Doctor
Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
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Today’s quote
If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.
– Jim Rohn
On this day
15 November 1943 – Nazi SS leader, Heinrich Himmler issues an order stating that Gypsies were to be treated the same as Jews and sent to concentration camps.
15 November 1988 – Yasser Arafat, head of the Palestinian National Conference, declares the independence of Palestine.
15 November 2007 – Cyclone Sidr, with 160km/h winds, strikes Bangladesh. Over 2 million people are evacuated from coastal areas. Around 5,000 people were killed.
15 November 2008 – death of Ivan Southall AM, DFC, Australian writer of young-adult fiction and non-fiction. Books include ‘Ash Road’, ‘Let the Balloon Go’, ‘Hill’s End’, ‘Fly West’ and ‘Josh. Born 8 June 1921.