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The Letter (1940)

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Instance
Theme names: Leslie + Deception
Start time: 1:17:52
End time: 1:17:59
Total duration: 0:00:07
Page #: 127
Measure #: 17
Scene: Reel 10 Part 1
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 72
Marking: Appassionato
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Leslie confesses to Robert
Description: A desperate, tense rising variant on Leslie's theme combined with the chromatic descending Deception idea
Music annotations: [m. 17] mf / come sopra Reel 2 Part I orig. key
Film annotations: [m. 17] Oh, we'd always been so careful
Analysis: Oscillating idea combined with parallel augmented triads
Tags

augmented triad | chromatic parallelism | combination of themes | confessing | conflict | dramatic | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | letter | oscillation | ostinato | recounting | sequence | tense

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