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All This, and Heaven Too (1940)


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Instance
Theme name: Expressivo
Start time: 1:38:15
End time: 1:38:39
Total duration: 0:00:24
Page #: 214
Measure #: 15
Scene: Reel 11 Part 1
Key: g# - c - bb - ab
Meter: 9/8
Tempo (bpm): 72
Marking: Expressivo
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds
Description
On-screen: Henriette talks with the Duke
Description: A tender, romantically expressive cue as Henriette and the Duke talk about their future
Music annotations: [m. 15] expressivo / a tempo; [m. 19] arpegg; [m. 20] simile; [m. 21] simile / dim / very low dialogue thru out!! should me very transparent; [m. 22] in 6
Film annotations: [m. 15] No, monsieur; [m. 17] It would be so easy; [m. 19] I couldn't bear it
Orchestration annotations: [m. 15] 1 harp / 8 violins / 2 celli / 3 clar / violas / 2 celli / 2nd / 1 bass pizz; [m. 18] 12 viol divisi / bassoon; [m. 19] 1 horn the lower notes; [m. 21] 2 basses arco 1 bass pizz; [m. 22] violas and E.H.
Analysis: Frequent shifts of tonal center create expressive instability; although the passage is framed by g#/ab minor, it moves downward through c, bb, and ab minor
Tags

chromatic mediant | conversing | desperate | duke | foreign key modulation | governess | leading lady | leading man | love scene | romantic | room | sequential modulation

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