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All This, and Heaven Too (1940)


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Instance
Theme name: The Prayer
Start time: 0:36:36
End time: 0:37:37
Total duration: 0:01:01
Page #: 60
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 4 Part 2
Key: unstable - b - c#
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 60
Marking: Adagio
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds
Description
On-screen: The Abbe prays for Raynald
Description: A solemn, hymn-like tune is played as we hear the Abbe praying at Raynald's bedside; Steiner uses the organ and ringing chimes to create a religious tone for the cue
Music annotations: [m. 1] cue: X X X / adagio / p; [m. 2] pp; [m. 10] mf; [m. 11] morendo / pp
Film annotations: [m. 1] The prayer; [m. 11] He's too little to be frightened
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1 ] str + organ; [m. 2] chime; [m. 8] harp cel +vibra
Analysis: Begins with a rising sequence with chromatic dissonance, then continues with parallel triads leading to cadences in B minor and C# minor
Tags

child | common-chord modulation | duke | governess | hymn-like | illness | leading lady | leading man | parallelism | praying | priest | religious scene | room | sequence | somber

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