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Are These Our Children? (1931)


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Instance
Theme name: Dreams
Start time: 0:00:15
End time: 0:01:33
Total duration: 0:01:18
Page #: 4
Measure #: 24
Scene: A snap of music
Key: F
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 132
Instrumentation: strings
Description
On-screen: Title of the film and opening credits
Description: A tuneful, legato melody for the opening credits entitled "Dreams"; the cue ends with a peaceful coda with harp arpeggiations over a sustained string harmony
Music annotations: [m. 24] chorus / a tempo; [m. 57] rit; [m. 63] rall
Analysis: Both a pencil sketch and an ink sketch exist for this cue; the pencil sketch suggests that the film was originally titled "Cockeyed Youth"; the ink sketch suggests that Steiner may have intended "Dreams" to be a stand-alone fox-trot or serenade; the sketch begins with the verse, but in the film we start with the chorus; in the ink sketch there are two endings for the chorus: this cue uses the second ending, skipping measures 53-56
Tags

11th chord | AABA structure | card | cast list | conductor score | gentle | mode mixture | opening title sequence | title of film

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