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All This, and Heaven Too (1940)


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Instance
Theme name: Fairy Godmother
Start time: 0:23:28
End time: 0:23:50
Total duration: 0:00:22
Page #: 32
Measure #: 7
Scene: Reel 3 Part 2
Key: Db - E
Meter: 3/4
Tempo (bpm): 92
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds
Solo Instrument: celeste, harp
Description
On-screen: Henriette reads a fairy tale
Description: A magical, shimmering effect is created by tremolo strings and vibraphone when Henriette reads about the rose suddenly turning into a fairy godmother
Music annotations: [m. 7] tremolo / pp / pizz; [m. 9] pizz; [m. 14] pizz; [m. 15] rall
Film annotations: [m. 7] And the fairy godmother
Orchestration annotations: [m. 7] vibraph / horn; [m. 11] celli soli / (vibraphone) / harp / bassoons??; [m. 14] 2 horns
Analysis: This theme is presented over a dominant pedal in Db, then shifts to the chromatic-mediant related key of E major
Tags

9th chord | altered dominant | book | calm | child | delicate | establish character | fairy tale | foreign key modulation | governess | leading lady | magical | pleasant | room | storytelling

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