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Thirteen Women (1932)

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Instance
Theme names: Ursula + The Train
Start time: 0:23:07
End time: 0:24:18
Total duration: 0:01:11
Page #: no score available
Measure #: no score available
Scene: no score available
Key: G Gypsy major
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 120
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds
Solo Instrument: violin
Description
On-screen: Helen points the gun at herself and cries
Description: A mysterious statement of Ursula's theme is played somberly by solo violin (in its lower register) as Helen points the gun at herself and cries; the melody features exotic augmented seconds and seemingly moves at its own pace over a steadily pulsating beat that mimics the rhythms of the train; the driving rhythms and the recurring clarinet ostinato (taken from the "Exotic" variant of Ursula's theme) also maintain the tension of the scene
Tags

antagonist | combination of themes | crying | exotic | exoticism | gun | Gypsy major scale | hypnotic | murderer | murder scene | pedal tone | suicide | tense | train | train | train effect | transcribed by ear | traveling | victim

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