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leitmotif
leitmotiv
noun
- 1. A theme or image, etc which recurs throughout a piece of music, novel, etc.
2. music.
- In musical dramas, especially Wagnerian ones: a short piece of music that is always associated with a particular person, idea, feeling, etc.
