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#WednesdayWagner Hoiho! Hoiho! Another tweet-dose of Yours Trully's composition mastering techniques :) Today, a light explanation: SIEGFRIED and PARSIFAL leitmotifs. Lets go! Wehe! Wehe!
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#WednesdayWagner You problably noticed many similarities between both characters: Innocence, lack of evil, heroism, none of them knew his mother, both were destined to something big ...
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#WednesdayWagner Does the music reflect these resemblances? Of course! See below one of the Siegfried's leitmotifs, the one that can be firstly heard (at the end of 'Die Walküre', 16:03 in this link) bit.ly/2L3F219
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#WednesdayWagner Main features are: constant up and down movement of the line, with a clear upwards direction in the first half and heroic rhythm, as can be seen in the figure:
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#WednesdayWagner See now Parsifal leitmotif (in the way we first completely hear it, 0.59 below). There is constant up and down movement, clear upwards direction in the 1st half and heroic rhythm. Same as before!!! bit.ly/3baKIRD 
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#WednesdayWagner Wow, is that all? Of course NO! Siegfried's resting pitches form a minor+added 6th chord while Parsifal's ones form ... major+added 6th chord! They are almost the same! Transposing both to C (minor/major), the result is:
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#WednesdayWagner So it is clear that all the resemblances between Siegfried and Parsifal behaviour have a musical 'transcription' to Wagner. We can say both leitmotifs have the same root, the same core elements with just 'mode' difference
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#WednesdayWagner Corollary: There are no random processes in composition, there is no casualty in art. And far more important, beauty is not opposed to precise and scrupulous compositional processes. Enjoy both dramas!
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#WednesdayWagner If you want to read further about Parsifal leitmotifs and analyses, go right now to this wonderful website courtesy of @wagners_ring: monsalvat.no. Amazing source of information there!

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