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The Woman in White (1948) [IN PROCESS - Information may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies]


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Instance
Theme name: The Carman's Whistle
Composer: William Byrd; arr. Max Steiner
Start time: 0:02:16
End time: 0:02:54
Total duration: 0:00:38
Page #: 8
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 1 Part 2
Meter: 6/8
Tempo (bpm): 56
Marking: Modto
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds
Solo Instrument: harp, English horn
Description
On-screen: Walter asks for directions
Description: As a worker tells Walter how to get to his destination, we hear a folk tune called "Carman's Whistle," which was also arranged as a harpsichord piece by William Byrd; this tune helps to establish the rural English setting; it is also associated with Walter and his wanderings in the forest
Music annotations: [m. 1] modto / sordini / mf; [m. 8] mf; [m. 13] rall; [m. 15] rall
Film annotations: [m. 13] He stops
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] 2 harps 2 pianos; [m. 8] e horn solo; [m. 9] strgs; [m. 12] add violins
Tags

calm | directions | establish place | establish setting | establish time | forest | gentle | leading man | Renaissance music | voice-over | walking | worker

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