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The Letter (1940)


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Instance
Theme name: Leslie
Variant name: Dramatic
Start time: 1:18:32
End time: 1:19:00
Total duration: 0:00:28
Page #: 129
Measure #: 29
Scene: Reel 10 Part 1
Key: c# - b
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 58
Marking: Slower
Instrumentation: orchestra



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Description
Description: Dramatic and serious variant on Leslie's theme; ends with somber weeping gestures
On-screen: Leslie confesses to Robert
Music annotations: [m. 29] f; [m. 34] dim; [m. 35] slowly / pp / p; [m. 36] s[illegible] / pp subito / mp; [m. 37] very slow / in 6
Film annotations: [m. 29] So I seized the revolver; [m. 32] I ran after him; [m. 35] There is no excuse for me; [m. 36] I have no right to live; [m. 37] Crosbie moans
Orchestration annotations: [m. 29] trbs + basses / timp; [m. 32] timp; [m. 33] 4 celli and E.H. 1 horn; [m. 34] add vibraph + fl soli; [m. 36] 4 violin / pianos / str / horns / basses / harp; [m. 37] vibrap + fl
Analysis: Harmonized with unstable half-diminished 7th chords; rhythmically altered to prolong dissonant harmonies
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confessing | conflict | crying | dramatic | half-diminished 7th chord | home | husband | lawyer | leading lady | letter | murder | oscillation | recounting | sequence

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