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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

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Instance
Theme name: The Aunts
Start time: 0:39:01
End time: 0:39:06
Total duration: 0:00:05
Page #: 53
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 4 Part 2
Key: Eb - Db
Meter: 2/4
Tempo (bpm): 112
Marking: Modto
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds
Description
On-screen: The aunts talk
Description: We hear the Aunts theme as they talk
Music annotations: [m. 1] cue: X X X / modto / p / Hugo! This times strgs arco + very legato, harp + celeste however as before! (This time it's considerably slower!!); [m. 2] come sopra Reel 1 Part 3 orig key; [m. 4] rit
Analysis: Harmonic sequence involving descending thirds, leading from Eb to Db major
Tags

advance plot | aunt | cleaning | conversing | crazy person | foreign key modulation | harmonic sequence | leading lady | murderer | room | upbeat

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