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The Letter (1940)

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Instance
Theme names: Leslie B + Glass Curtains
Start time: 1:01:57
End time: 1:02:21
Total duration: 0:00:24
Page #: 117
Measure #: 28
Scene: Reel 8 Part 2
Key: Eb / chromatic - c / chromatic
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 56
Marking: Maestoissimo
Instrumentation: special group
Description
On-screen: Leslie approaches Mrs. Hammond
Description: Glass curtain music continues as we hear Leslie B when Leslie approaches Mrs. Hammond
Music annotations: [m. 28] f / Hugo! strong melody in W. W. (8va lower as in original) / very dramatic / Come Sopra from main title one tone higher; [m. 29] fix
Film annotations: [m. 28] Start pan to wife; [m. 30] Leslie stands before wife
Orchestration annotations: [m. 28] tutti (no trpts); [m. 30] gong (keep going) / add Novachord to help hold it! / timp
Analysis: Leslie B theme layered on top of glass curtains effect, ends with a half cadence in c minor
Tags

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

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