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We Are Not Alone (1939)


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Instance
Theme name: Birds
Start time: NIF
End time: NIF
Total duration: NIF
Page #: 81
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 9 Part 1
Key: Gb - A - F - E
Meter: 12/8
Marking: Molto modto
Instrumentation: woodwinds, strings
Description
Description: This music comes from a scene that was cut from the film (sounds like birds singing)
Music annotations: [preceding page] (Forbstein says may not be used, do not worry); [m. 1] p / delicato; [m. 2] p; [m. 3] What color is your pencil?? Mine is green!!! (with envy!) / p; [m. 4] enharmonic / rubato accel; [m. 5] A little Novachord now and then is relished by the best of men!; [m. 6] pp / legato (dolce) expressivo etc... / You'll need 3 or 4 flutes / lets get Bergh - call Izzy!; [m. 7] pp; [m. 8] rall; dolce; [m. 9] Meno / molto rit; [m. 10] dolce / listesso / in 6; [m. 11] Hugo! Do what you can with the 'birds'- as long as it sounds like morning, I dont give a damn! / pp / pp
Film annotations: [m. 10] And even then, if I had not broken my wrist!
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] viol divisi / 1 fl / vibraph / mutes; [m. 2] 2nd fl / celeste / 3 fl / piccolo; [m. 3] vibra / celeste; [m. 3] oboe stacc / cel; [m. 5] 1st fl / oboe / cel / clar / piccolo; [m. 6] clar / 2nd fl / 1st harp / add celeste / viola / piccolo; [m. 7] 1st fl / 1st harp / 2nd harp / 2nd fl + celeste / 2nd fl / 2nd clar / piccol; [m. 8] vibraph stops / oboe / 2nd harp / cel / 2nd fl / horn + violas; [m. 9] mostly str (harp + celesta) / 1 fl / 1st cl / violas / har + b clar; [m. 11] 4 violin / 4 viol
Analysis: There are at least four separate bird calls that are layered on top of each other in complex ways; some bird motives are varied through inversion or augmentation; most of the melodic material is pentatonic and the key areas that are emphasized are often connected by chromatic mediants
Tags

augmentation | birds | chromatic mediant | cut from film | inversion | layering | pastoral | pentatonic

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