A short musical idea associated with a person, object, or thought, used by richard wagner in his operas, is called unending melody. leitmotif. speech-song. lied.

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Gracie Figueroa

2 November, 07:10

A short musical idea associated with a person, object, or thought, used by richard wagner in his operas, is called unending melody. leitmotif. speech-song. lied.

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Waylon Allen · Answer 1

A short musical idea associated with a person, object, or thought, used by Richard Wagner in his operas, is called leitmotif.

It is a musical phrase that is usually very short, and appears constantly throughout an opera or something else each time a person associated with it appears on the scene. Richard Wagner used leitmotifs quite often, and they can especially be found in his Der Ring des Nibelungen.