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The Letter (1940)

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Instance
Theme names: Leslie B + Glass Curtains
Start time: 1:02:50
End time: 1:03:08
Total duration: 0:00:18
Page #: 118
Measure #: 37
Scene: Reel 8 Part 2
Key: d / chromatic - c / chromatic
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 56
Marking: Very Slow
Instrumentation: special group
Description
On-screen: Leslie looks at the letter
Description: Two statements of the Leslie B gesture as Leslie looks at the letter
Music annotations: [m. 37] a tempo; [m. 39] Note for me! Original track / strong glass effect / in 6 / p; [m. 40] listesso / in 3
Film annotations: [m. 39] Thank you!; [m. 40] Leslie looking up at wife
Orchestration annotations: [m. 37] 3 trbs / tuba / basses / celli / bassons; [m. 38] vibraph and 1 horn muted; [m. 39] 1st harp added / 2nd harp
Analysis: The theme is extended at the end with new melodic material
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antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | chromatic scale | combination of themes | conflict | confronting | curtain | dark | glass | lawyer | layering | leading lady | mirroring | mysterious | ostinato | parallelism | pc set | polyrhythm | sequence | shop | staring | tense | tinkling | tone cluster | whole-tone | whole-tone chord

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