| Description |
| On-screen: |
A carriage arrives at the palace |
| Description: |
Tense underscoring featuring slowly descending chromatic lines as the carriage arrives and Henriette steps out |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 9] ff / slower / both; [m. 11] maestoso / enharmonic; [m. 14] mf / dim; [m. 15] Hugo! not a word of dialogue in this scene (should be very dramatic and schmaltzy); [m. 16] sempre rit e dim / sfz; [m. 17] sfz |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 9] Dissolve to #55; [m. 11] Police wagon; [m. 13] Wagon stops; [m. 15] Betty gets out; [m. 18] Lead her to door |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 9] W.W. picc str / 1 trpt / 4 horns / 2 trpts / 3 trbs / timp / also tuba etc; [m. 10] trpt divisi; [m. 11] all viol and W.W. + violas / 2 horns continued / 2 trpt / gong / trb etc / timp roll; [m. 12] 2 horns added; [m. 13] 4 trb / celli; [m. 14] celli; [m. 15] celli / add violas and horn??; [m. 17] trbs; [m. 18] E.H. horns / bassoon B. cl |
| Analysis: |
Features a descending chromatic scale over unstable harmony, moving towards E minor (but without a resolution) |
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| Tags |
9th chord | arriving | carriage | chromatic scale | leading lady | prisoner | soldier | street | suspect | tense | transition | traveling | underscoring
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