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The Letter (1940)

Home > Film: The Letter > Theme: Deception > Variant: Appassionato > Instance: 1:31:18

Instance
Theme name: Deception
Variant name: Appassionato
Start time: 1:31:18
End time: 1:31:36
Total duration: 0:00:18
Page #: 163
Measure #: 92
Scene: Reel 11 Part 2
Key: a Phrygian
Meter: 3/4
Tempo (bpm): 64
Marking: Appassionato
Instrumentation: orchestra



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Description
Description: More statements of the Deception motive
On-screen: Close-up of Leslie
Music annotations: [m. 92] loco; [m. 94] dim / cresc
Film annotations: [m. 94] She stops
Orchestration annotations: [m. 92] harp take out paper / 1st horn / 3 horns + some W.W. / 2nd harp; [m. 93] bells + cel out / horn; [m. 94] horns / 2 pianos + harp / also Ham. organ / horns+ trbs / gong / 2 timps (Frank, both hands)
Analysis: The Bbs in this passage suggest an A Phrygian mode
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climax | crying | leading lady | mysterious | pc set | Phrygian mode | plantation | somber | walking

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