| Description |
| Description: |
The first phrase of "La Parisienne" is used to establish Paris, France as the setting; on-screen we see the words "Paris, 1846"; "La Parisienne" was the national anthem of France between 1830 and 1848 |
| On-screen: |
A shot of Paris |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 5] con moto / ff; [m. 6] f / melodia; [m. 7] sfz; [m. 8] riten; [m. 9] ominous idea / sffz / f; [m. 10] rall / sfz-p |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 5] Dissolve (Paris); [m. 9] Street number |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 5] trpts / tutti / 2 trbs / timp / tuba / bass; [m. 6] soli 4 horns (2 trbs hats); [m. 9] gong |
| Analysis: |
Features an evaded cadence in Db major (from V to V42/IV); the latter chord is enharmonically reinterpreted as a Ger+6 in the following key of D major |
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| Tags |
64 chord | augmented sixth chord | enharmonic modulation | establish place | establish time | fanfare | foreign key modulation | noble | on-screen text | patriotic tune | street | transition
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