Michael Story has created an amazingly entertaining musical depiction of the classic Edgar Allan Poe short story. This stunning adaptation brings to life what is perhaps one of Poe's best known short story's.
"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a thrilling short story by Edgar Allen Poe, with murder, madness and betrayal published in 1843.
The story is told by an unnamed narrator who attempts to convince the reader of his sanity, while describing a murder he plans to commit. The victim of this mad murder is an old man with a filmy "vulture-eye", as the narrator calls it. After the old man is dead, the murderer carefully hides the body by dismembering it and hiding it under the floorboards. Ultimately the narrator's guilt reveals itself in the form of the sound of the dead old man's heart still beating under the floorboards.
Michael Story has more than 1,200 compositions and arrangements published for concert band, marching band, jazz ensemble, and orchestra. He also has many solo and ensemble collections. Proficient at writing for all levels, he is most known for his many publications for young or developing concert and marching bands. He is a great composer well known for his unique and recognizable pieces such as pieces inspire by "Harry Potter" and "Star Wars".
This song he's created greatly represents the story's thrilling and frantic tone by its unique use of the cellos, basses, and percussion to provide the image and the booming sound of "the beating of his hideous heart!" The songs eerie and ominous sounds with its slow and ghostly pace, will keep your listeners on the edges of their seats. When the piece begins you hear a haunting plucking of strings that opens for the quiet, ghostly rising sound of the first measure of the piece.
One of my favorite parts of this piece, along with the booming percussion, would have to be the B flat for violin I's clashing with the other instruments and tones, giving the piece a haunting sound, then following are constant accents, adding intensity to the piece.
Also, at the coda of the piece, the song reaches a climax of sound with its significant change in sound by going from a metso piano into a great forte.
It’s a captivating short story that's been transformed into a piece of music that will entertain the player and provide vivid connections to the familiar, frequently read story.
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"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a thrilling short story by Edgar Allen Poe, with murder, madness and betrayal published in 1843.
The story is told by an unnamed narrator who attempts to convince the reader of his sanity, while describing a murder he plans to commit. The victim of this mad murder is an old man with a filmy "vulture-eye", as the narrator calls it. After the old man is dead, the murderer carefully hides the body by dismembering it and hiding it under the floorboards. Ultimately the narrator's guilt reveals itself in the form of the sound of the dead old man's heart still beating under the floorboards.
Michael Story has more than 1,200 compositions and arrangements published for concert band, marching band, jazz ensemble, and orchestra. He also has many solo and ensemble collections. Proficient at writing for all levels, he is most known for his many publications for young or developing concert and marching bands. He is a great composer well known for his unique and recognizable pieces such as pieces inspire by "Harry Potter" and "Star Wars".
This song he's created greatly represents the story's thrilling and frantic tone by its unique use of the cellos, basses, and percussion to provide the image and the booming sound of "the beating of his hideous heart!" The songs eerie and ominous sounds with its slow and ghostly pace, will keep your listeners on the edges of their seats. When the piece begins you hear a haunting plucking of strings that opens for the quiet, ghostly rising sound of the first measure of the piece.
One of my favorite parts of this piece, along with the booming percussion, would have to be the B flat for violin I's clashing with the other instruments and tones, giving the piece a haunting sound, then following are constant accents, adding intensity to the piece.
Also, at the coda of the piece, the song reaches a climax of sound with its significant change in sound by going from a metso piano into a great forte.
It’s a captivating short story that's been transformed into a piece of music that will entertain the player and provide vivid connections to the familiar, frequently read story.
http://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&type=audio&productID=10364399