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Japanese: Ahnungsmotiv
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…The term was coined by Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns (1809-88) in 1871, and was first discussed in relation to Wagner's music dramas in Hans von Wolzogen's (1848-1938) treatise on the Ring of the Nibelung (1876). Wagner himself rejected the term leitmotif (he used the terms Grundthema, Ahnungsmotiv, etc.), but the technique was used very effectively as a means of dramatic and psychological development of the story. This is a further development of Berlioz's idée fixe, but a similar technique, albeit in a simpler form, was already recognized in early operas, so it is not necessarily Wagner's original invention. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Ahnungsmotiv" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…1871年にイェーンスFriedrich Wilhelm Jähns(1809‐88)が提唱した語で,ウォルツォーゲンHans von Wolzogen(1848‐1938)の《ニーベルングの指環》論(1876)において,初めてワーグナーの楽劇との関連で論じられた。ワーグナー自身はライトモティーフの語を否定したが(彼の用語では〈基礎主題Grundthema〉〈予感動機Ahnungsmotiv〉など),この手法は物語の劇的・心理的展開の手段としてきわめて効果的に活用されている。これはベルリオーズの〈固定楽想idée fixe〉をさらに発展させたものであるが,同様の手法は素朴な形ながら既に初期の歌劇から認められ,必ずしもワーグナーの独創ではない。…

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