Bribitzer-Stull: A Literary Analysis

This means that Wagner had to be extremely specific and careful about the way he wrote each character (in this case, Walther). Achieving this writing successfully is not only an accomplishment in and of itself, but the fact that Die Meistersingers is a four-and-a-half hour long opera is astonishing, since the first phrase is as carefully crafted as the very last one. Bribitzer-Stull emphasizes that Wagner’s way of writing indeed “provided a paradigm adopted by countless later composers across a wide variety of genres” (XX). By saying this, Bribitzer-Stull reaffirms the argument that Wagner was an extremely influential composer thanks to his style of writing and the innovative compositional tools that he invented.
Another way in which Wagner was a huge influence, this time specially in the film
This last point means that a well done leitmotif will accomplish one of foreshadowing, remeniscing, accentuating an event, introducing a character, among almost endless reasons as long as they are coherent to the plotline and meaningful to the story. A good example to explain not only how this works, but also why it is historically relevant, is the famous “Imperial March” theme from John Williams’ Star Wars films. This uses what is called the “Tarnhelm” theme, which is a leitmotif from Wagner’s Das Rheingold. In this opera, the “Tarnhelm” is a magical helmet that grants the wearer invinsibility, among other powers. The motif itself features a particular progression of chromatic mediants that gives it a very omminous quality. This same progression is utilized in the later film to introduce the main villain, “Darth Vader,” which is also a reference to how the original leitmotif represents a helmet that grants powers and, of course, “Darth Vader” is an extremely