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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)


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Instance
Theme name: Cauldron 2
Start time: 0:00:27
End time: 0:00:54
Total duration: 0:00:27
Page #: 3
Measure #: 7
Scene: Main title
Key: unstable - C
Meter: 5/4
Tempo (bpm): 60
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Cast list
Description: Enigmatic chromatic melody in the strings (voiced in three octaves); an ostinato gesture in the celesta and piano enters later
Music annotations: [m. 7] a tempo / acell / sf; [m. 8] rall / rall / accel / sffz; [m. 9] tr / sffz / f / sffz-p subito / sf; [m. 10] sosten / accel / ff; [m. 11] gliss / 8va / sf / p / morendo / subito p; [m. 12] schmaltz / pizz / rall / delicato / pp; [m. 13] (piano in picture starts) / p / pp
Film annotations: [m. 9] Screen play by; [m. 13] (piano in picture (starts))
Orchestration annotations: [m. 7] timp; [m. 9] W.W., str / soli cel, piano, harps / vibra / [gong] let it ring / horns; [m. 10] add s. dr. in rythm / (vibraphone) / 2 harps gliss; [m. 11] W.W., cel, harp, pian / gong; [m. 12] cell, harp
Analysis: Harmonized with parallel dominant ninth chords; ends with a half cadence in F major to set up aria on-screen
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9th chord | beaker | bubbling | cast list | chromatic parallelism | dramatic | main title | ominous | opening title sequence | ostinato | title of film

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