| Description |
| On-screen: |
The Duchess writes a letter |
| Description: |
Strong descending chords (the Desperation theme) as The Duchess finishes writing a desperate letter to her husband |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 23] ff / slower / risoluto / sfz; [m. 24] sfz; [m. 25] sfz / arpeggios / sfz / ritenuto; [m. 26] molto expressivo / arpeggios diminish; [m. 27] mp / sempre riten / enharm |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 23] Letter; [m. 26] Door opens; [m. 27] Oh father |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 23] tutti / harp / piccolo / trbs / tuba / timp; [m. 26] all the str / horns / W.W. |
| Analysis: |
Thick-textured descending chromatic chords followed by a sigh-like gesture over a rising chromatic bass |
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| Tags |
angry | chromatic scale | crying | despair | duchess | leading lady | mad scene | on-screen text | parallelism | room | writing
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