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leitmotif

short, constantly recurring musical phrase, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation
Class type of: composed musical work, unit, motif Q221117
leitmotif
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Facts

6 properties
Instance of
musical form
Subclass of
composed musical work, unit, motif[2][3][4]
Facet of
narrative motif, motif (visual arts), motif[5][6][7]
Described by source
Riemann's Music Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[8][9][10][11][12]
Different from
theme music[14]
Partially coincident with
theme music[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en leitmotiv en leitmotif ar اللحن الدال cs idée fixe cs leitmotiv cs příznačný motiv da Ledemotiv da Leitmotiv de Idee fixe de Idée fixe el Λαϊτμοτίφ el Λεϊτμότιβ el Καθοδηγητικό μοτίβο el Leitmotiv es leit motiv es leitmotif es leit-motiv fa لایت‌موتیف fa لایتموتیف fi johtoaihe
🔖 Identifiers · 20
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85075932
GND ID
4195278-9
Cultureel Woordenboek ID
literatuur-internationaal/leitmotiv
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
art/leitmotif
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
leitmotiv
Freebase ID
/m/0138cg
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
leitmotiv
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID
1660
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4.9M (2.1M–5.7M, n=3)
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
leitmotiv-e094d7
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
leitmotifs
Krugosvet article (archived)
muzyka/leytmotiv
Show all 20 identifiers +8
Lex ID
ledemotiv
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
120599106
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007563033205171
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3943893
Quora topic ID
Leitmotif
TV Tropes ID
Main/Leitmotif
YSO ID
38012
Yale LUX ID
concept/25d07f5b-14a6-473f-b38d-4dd5e505e33e

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🔗 Connections
Facet of 3
narrative motif, motif, motif (visual arts)
Subclass of 2
composed musical work, motif
Described by source 1
Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Different from 1
theme music
Instance of 1
musical form
Partially coincident with 1
theme music
← Different from 1
theme music
← Partially coincident with 1
theme music
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Summary

leitmotif is a musical form[1].

Related Entities

composed musical work

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  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 25d ago · Pere prlpz · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID → leitmotiv
    Wikipedia languages → ['az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'e
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: leitmotiv, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/289934|batch #289934]]"
  2. 11w ago · Red Sneak · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Audio → Siegfried's Horn Call.wav
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Audio: Siegfried's Horn Call.wav"
  3. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → musical form
    Partially coincident with → theme music
    Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017) → 5674922, 2137959, 4857154
    Facet of → narrative motif, motif (visual arts), motif
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ YSO ID: 38012, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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