Cross motif
In music, the cross motif is a motif.
A motif (Crux fidelis) was used by Franz Liszt to represent the Christian cross ('tonisches Symbol des Kreuzes' or tonic symbol of the cross) and taken from Gregorian melodies.[1]
See also
- Bach motif
- Cruciform#Cruciform melody
Sources
- ^ Merrick, Paul (2008). Revolution and Religion in the Music of Liszt, p.284. ISBN 0-521-08351-6.
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Motifs
- BACH motif
- C. F. E. BACH motif
- Cross motif
- Dresden amen
- DSCH motif
- Sacher hexachord
- Schoenberg hexachord
- Cruciform melody
- Figure
- Fortspinnung
- Leitmotif
- Musical cryptogram
- Ostinato
- Pianto