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The Unfaithful (1947)


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Instance
Theme name: Attorney
Start time: 0:42:51
End time: 0:43:06
Total duration: 0:00:15
Page #: 22
Measure #: 5
Scene: Reel 5 Part I
Key: E
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 132
Marking: Con moto
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Close up of sign on the lawyer's door
Description: A heroic and solidly tonal string melody as we see the sign on the attorney's door: "Hannaford & Maguire Attorneys"; the lawyer is the only character given a heroic-sounding theme in the film
Music annotations: [m. 5] f / mf; [m. 6] espress
Film annotations: [m. 5] Dissolve; [m. 9] Door shut
Orchestration annotations: [m. 5] horns / horns, W.W., str; [m. 6] W.W. / horns; [m. 9] str / horn all
Analysis: Both attempts to resolve the lawyer's theme end with deceptive cadences
Tags

64 chord | altered dominant | deceptive resolution | door | glorious | heroic | law office | office | parallel 63s | sign | transition

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