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Are These Our Children? (1931)


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Instance
Theme name: Dreams
Start time: 0:02:11
End time: 0:03:29
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: Eddie and Mary talk
Description: The A part of Dreams (the chorus) returns as the lovers continue to talk and Eddie takes Mary home; Eddie, Mary, and her neighbor all comment on Steiner's score here: Eddie first says to Mary: "The lady downstairs got a new record" to which Mary replies "Yep - just got it yesterday - isn't it pretty?" followed by an "mhm" of agreement from Eddie; at the end of the scene, and right before Eddie whistles the tune, he comments to Mary's downstairs neighbor "Say, that sure was a swell new record you got!" to which she replies "I like it."
Music annotations: [m. 24] chorus / a tempo; [m. 57] rit; [m. 63] rall
Analysis: This cue uses the first ending of the chorus and fades out before reaching the second ending
Tags

11th chord | AABA structure | comment on score | conductor score | establish character | gentle | leading lady | leading man | leaving | lovers | love scene | mode mixture | street | waiting

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