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The Letter (1940)

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Instance
Theme names: Mrs. Hammond + Glass Curtains
Start time: 1:03:08
End time: 1:03:41
Total duration: 0:00:33
Page #: 119
Measure #: 41
Scene: Reel 8 Part 2
Key: eb / chromatic
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 56
Marking: Mysterioso
Instrumentation: special group
Description
On-screen: Leslie and Howard leave
Description: Mrs. Hammond's theme is played solemnly as she looks on after Leslie's departure, now using a Hammond organ sound
Music annotations: [m. 41] p subito / pp / over; [m. 43] p
Film annotations: [m. 41] She turns away; [m. 44] Fade / Into courtroom and dialogue
Orchestration annotations: [m. 41] add vibraphone / 2 harps (soli) / 2 pianos (let it ring) / trbs (viola ponticello) / horns / (celli) / timp roll / gong / Hammond organ (the highest register possible); [m. 43] gong; [m. 44] vibraphone / gong
Analysis: The theme ends with a leap up rather than down
Tags

antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | Chinese | chromatic scale | combination of themes | conflict | curtain | glass | lawyer | layering | leading lady | mirroring | mysterious | ostinato | parallelism | pc set | pentatonic | polyrhythm | shop | solemn | staring | tinkling | tone cluster | whole-tone | whole-tone chord

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