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The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)


Home > Film: The Life of Vergie Winters > Theme: Lullaby > Variant: Adagio > Instance: 1:03:02


Instance
Theme name: Lullaby
Variant name: Adagio
Start time: 1:03:02
End time: 1:03:33
Total duration: 0:00:31
Page #: 42
Measure #: 24
Scene: Reel 8 Part 2
Key: unstable - Eb
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 60
Marking: Adagio
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds
Solo Instrument: oboe



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Description
Description: A tense stinger is used as Joan reacts to the revelation that she is adopted; this initiates a very slow and uneasy variant of the Lullaby theme
On-screen: Joan reacts
Music annotations: [m. 24] adagio / sff / p; [m. 28] sfz / p / dolce
Film annotations: [m. 25] It's better you and Ranny should know!; [m. 27] Always think of me as your father! / Aren't you my father!; [m. 28] Laura, please!
Orchestration annotations: [m. 24] timp roll; [m. 28] harp
Analysis: This variant outlines a g# diminished 7th chord; a transitional passage moves towards Eb major
Tags

conflict | daughter | diminished 7th chord | direct modulation | dissonant bass | leading man | love interest | revealing | room | stinger | surprise | tense | wife

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