| Description |
| On-screen: |
The Duke in his death bed |
| Description: |
As the Duke lies dying in bed, we hear a solo violin playing a sad crying gesture |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 5] very slow / pp / delicatessen / very low and lousy dialogue!; [m. 8] sfz [m. 9] pp (echo) / rall |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 7] C.U. Duck + judge; [m. 8] I am dying |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 5] solo viol (mute) / also celeste / 2 fl / 1 cl / 3 violins divisi (mutes) (ponticello) / gong / harp / 2 celli / mutes?; [m. 7] harp; [m. 8] gong / piano (hammond organ (I don't know whether he's got it the low D!)); [m. 9] alto fl (also) |
| Analysis: |
The syncopated sobbing gesture uses a descending chromatic scale over unstable harmony |
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| Tags |
chromatic scale | conversing | death bed | death scene | detective | dissonant bass | duke | dying | leading lady | leading man | prisoner | questioning | room | sad | soldier | suspect
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