| Description |
| On-screen: |
On-screen text |
| Description: |
Steiner adds a coda to the Byrd Pavan; measure 20 in the score is replaced in the film with four measures of music in C minor; after this, the coda continues in C major; on-screen we see the text "This famous story of mystery was written by Wilkie Collins nearly a hundred years ago. It is recognized as a classic and has set a pattern for this entire field of literature"; on the following page, it reads "England 1851" (this is where the music shifts to major); it is worth noting that Byrd's piece was written ca. 1613, so the music does not effectively establish a specific time, although it does establish that the story took place "in the distant past"; the narrator says that the exact date is April 4, 1851 |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 20] ff / a tempo; [m. 21] mf; [m. 23] a tempo; [m. 24] p / mf |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 20] England; [m. 23] Train moves |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 20] W.W.; [m. 21] strgs; [m. 24] flt solo |
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| Tags |
book | opening title sequence | transcribed by ear
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