As of now though, the number of states in USA is 50 -- and not 48, 49 or 51 as many people believe. The list of 50 states given below has been arranged in the order in which they were admitted to the Union, starting with Delaware on December 7, 1787, to Hawaii on August 21, 1959.
Leitmotif definition, a motif or theme associated throughout a music drama with a particular person, situation, or idea. See more.
Richard Wagner is the earliest composer most specifically associated with the concept of leitmotif. His cycle of four operas, Der Ring des Nibelungen (the music for which was written between 1853 and 1869), uses hundreds of leitmotifs, often related to specific characters, things, or situations.he spelling leitmotif is an anglicization of the German Leitmotiv, literally meaning leading motif, or perhaps more accurately, guiding motif. A musical motif has been defined as a short musical idea ...