Previous | Next

27

All This, and Heaven Too (1940)

Home > Film: All This, and Heaven Too > Theme: Pleading > Instance: 0:22:41



Instance
Theme name: Pleading
Start time: 0:22:41
End time: 0:22:53
Total duration: 0:00:12
Page #: 30
Measure #: 16
Scene: Reel 3 Part 1
Key: f# - F - unstable
Meter: 12/8
Tempo (bpm): 80
Marking: Pleadingly
Instrumentation: strings, orchestra
Description
On-screen: The Duchess pleads with the Duke to stay
Description: Chromatic gestures build to a climax as the Duchess pleads for the Duke not to leave her
Music annotations: [m. 16] pleadingly; [m. 18] accel
Film annotations: [m. 16] If I promise
Orchestration annotations: [m.16] harp; [m.17] harps accordingly; [m.18] harp; [m.19] 2 harps (alternate) etc
Analysis: A seven-note gesture in f# minor is restated in F major, then the last two notes are repeated in a rising sequence that accelerates
Tags

acceleration | agitated | arguing | chromatic sequence | distressed | duchess | duke | establish character | fragmentation | leading lady | leading man | parallelism | pleading | room

Media