Wagner Leitmotives - 94 - Amnesia or Forgetfulness

Leitmotives from Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen (Ring Cycle). This leitmotif is known as “Amnesia“ or “Forgetfullness“ from Götterdämmerung which is first heard in the first act. This leitmotif is heard when Siegfried takes a drink from a glass of a drink spiked with Hagen’s potion that makes Siegfried forget everything. The leitmotif is similar in nature to the “Tarnhelm“ leitmotif with the use of shifting unstable harmonies. The use of the trill certainly adds to the magic aspect of the potio