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Dust Be My Destiny (1939)


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Instance
Theme name: Dust Be My Destiny
Variant name: Waiting
Start time: 0:29:38
End time: 0:30:12
Total duration: 0:00:34
Page #: 61
Measure #: 46
Scene: Reel 4 Part 1 A
Key: Bb - Gb
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 63
Marking: Molto modto (tenderly)
Instrumentation: orchestra



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Description
Description: Slow, ethereal variant of the main theme
On-screen: Joe and Mabel talk about getting married
Music annotations: [m. 46] dissolve / 8va higher / molto modto (tenderly) / mp / p (subito) / V. S.; [m. 47] mp; [m. 49] pizz and arco; [m. 51] meno; [m. 52] meno; [m. 53] molto expressivo; [m. 54] molto rit / arpeggio / p
Film annotations: [m. 46] Dissolve; [m. 47] 20 minutes more; [m. 50] I don’t want to back out; [m. 52] We quit like that / That’s the way I want it!; [m. 54] He kisses her hand
Orchestration annotations: [m. 46] mostly div str / harp celesta violin / and a little W.W.; [m. 47] 4 celli + horn soli; [m. 48] harp pp; [m. 49] harp + celeste; [m. 50] 2nd harp; [m. 51] harp / 2 horns and vibraph / 2nd harp / str; [m. 52] W.W. etc / add horn; [m. 53] celli / horn
Analysis: This variant modulates from Bb to Gb, which is then respelled as F#
Tags

added-note chord | augmented sixth chord | chromatic mediant | common-tone diminished 7th | foreign key modulation | leading lady | leading man | love scene | romantic | street | waiting

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