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City for Conquest (1940)

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Instance
Theme name: Tone Poem Transition 2
Start time: 1:33:48
End time: 1:34:01
Total duration: 0:00:13
Page #: 105
Measure #: 72
Scene: Tone Poem
Key: Ab
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 88
Marking: Allargando
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Orchestra playing
Description: A slower transitional section featuring low brass and ending with a statement of the A2 motive
Music annotations: [m. 72] allargando / melodia / ff / broadly; [m. 73] sffz / fff; [m. 74] rit molto / sfffz; [m. 75] sffz / sfz; [m. 76] sempre rit / sffz
Orchestration annotations: [m. 72] str added divisi (sneak in) / 4 trbs etc / tuba etc / timp rythm; [m. 74] timp / tuba; [m. 75] T.C. / timp; [m. 76] 2 pianos + 2 harps soli
Analysis: In the context of a sonata form exposition, this could act as a closing theme; a slow melody over a prolonged dominant seventh
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