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leitmotiv

noun leitmotivs · leitmotive

alternative Alternative form of leitmotif In the domain of purely instrumental music, to which leitmotive are perfectly adapted in the realization of ‘programme music’, the earliest examples are to be found in the Symphonie Fantastique of Berlioz, where what he terms idée fixe is used in the manner of a ‘leitmotiv’.

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noun leitmotif

Español	leitmotiv, leit motiv

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@misc{leitmotiv_2026,
  title = {leitmotiv},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/leitmotiv},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}