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Mildred Pierce (1945)


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Instance
Theme names: Mazurka in B-Flat Major + Mildred
Start time: NIF
End time: NIF
Total duration: NIF
Page #: 64
Measure #: 64
Scene: Reel 5 Part 1
Key: Bb
Meter: 3/4
Description
Description: Chopin's Mazurka is played on-screen (we assume) and is contrapuntally combined with Mildred's theme; the impetus for this combination of themes is not clear from the information present in the sketch
Music annotations: [m. 65] dim; [m. 75] p; [m. 76] p; [m. 78] cresc; [m. 79] p; [m. 81] sempre cresc; [m. 83] molto cresc
Film annotations: [m. 64] Piano on track; [m. 75] M.S. Room; [m. 83] Piano out
Orchestration annotations: [m. 75] violins (sneak in); [m. 76] violas; [m. 77] celli; [m. 80] add horns
Analysis: The harmonies of Mildred's theme and Chopin's Mazurka correlate nicely (altering tonic and dominant), making them easy to combine
Tags

added-note chord | classical music | combination of themes | cut from film | familiar tune | on-screen music | scored source music | source music | three-phrase period

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