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in D major. So, in Bar 23 (now 3/4 meter) we have F# half note dotted, repeated nextbar, then in Bar 25 quarter notes F#-G-F# to (Bar 26) A-G-F# to (Bar 27) E half notedotted, repeated next bar. Then in Bar 29 quarter notes E-D-E to (Bar 30) F# half note toD quarter note tied to next bar. Bar 27 changes to G major, Bar 29 to A major, and backto D major in Bars 30-31.Starting in Bar 23, the harp plays a series of 8th note rising legato figures. So,after an 8th rest, rising 8th notes small octave F#-A-Line 1 D-F#-A.Bar 24 Rising notes small octave F#-B-Line 1 D-F#-BBar 25 small octave G-B-Line 1 D-F#-BBar 26 small octave G-B-Line 1 D-F#-ABar 27 B-D-G-B-D (repeat Bar 28)Bar 29 middle C#-E-G-A-C#Bar 30 small octave A-Line 1 D-F#-A-D[Camp Fire Talk] R3/4-4/1. C meter, 38 bars, 10pp. Scene: Camp sceneat night. Tom Flaunce the Storekeeper (played by Karl Swanson) notices Rune'sshoulder is bleeding. The music starts here. Rune explains that a thorn bush did it(actually it is the bullet wound). Then Tom talks about Doc Frail's past.Two oboes and sordini horns play the bleeding shoulder scene, a rather stridentbut effective combination of tone colors, 8th note dyads Line 1 G#/A to F doublesharp/G# to G#/A 8th tied to half note, etc. In Bar 2 the timp and piano ("let ring") sound8th notes C down to F#. At the end of Bar 3 the soli celli play descending quarter notesA to (Bar 4) F#/Eb/D/C to (Bar 5) A/Eb up to A down to D up to (Bar 6) D half notedotted, held fermata. Then the solo bass clarinet and cued in bassoon play the Doc Frailmotif in G major.Starting in Bar 28 Tom talks about a burning house at the juncture of the Ohio andthe Mississippi started by a doctor named Temple. A man and a woman were killed inthe house.[Morning Search] R4/2. 28 bars, 4 pp. Coma sopra from thebeginning of the last cue.[The Snake] R4/3. 9/8 meter. 47 bars, 12pp. Scene: Frenchy hears a rattler andgoes off the path to kill it. Then he discovers the Lost Lady. Here a small cymbal isrolled with soft sticks. The bassoons play sustained dyad notes F#/G. The solo bassclarinet plays the creepy snake motif, largely in 8th note triplets (F#/F/E, G/Gb/F#, etc).As Frenchy spots the Lost lady, the orchestra plays a furious A minor 9th flat 5thchord (A/C/Eb/G/B) in four successive 16th notes, settling on an 8th note chord tied toquarter note dotted and tied to next bar's half note dotted. The woodwind and strings thenplay a rapidly descending series of 16th notes, B-Bb-A-Ab-G-Gb, F-E-Eb-C-B-Bb,A-Ab-G-Gb-F-E, etc.In Bar 10, the cue changes to 3/4 meter "molto espressivo." The harp isbisbigliando (special harp effect with the top stave descending notes E-C-G repeatedly,and the bottom stave ascending notes G-B#-E). The vibe is rolled on C major 2ndinversion (notes G/C/E). The violins are bowed tremolo on dyad notes G/E. The bass is68