Tell-Tale Heart, The
General Info
Year: 2011
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $62.00; (digital) - $62.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Concert Tom
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Michael Story has crafted a marvelous musical depiction of the classic Edgar Allen Poe spine-tingling short story. The percussion section provides the image of "the beating of his hideous heart!" as the captivating music provides a vivid musical narrative of this famous tale.
- Program Note from publisher
The Tell-Tale Heart, the classic short story written by Edgar Allen Poe in 1843, tells the tale of an unnamed narrator who is haunted by an old man who lives with him. Specifically, he is deeply troubled by the old man's vulture-like pale blue eye. Deciding to take the old man's life, the narrator enters the bedroom, and after hearing the man's terror-filled beating heart, kills him and buries him under the floorboards.
After a short while, the narrator hears a knock at the door – it's the police who are investigating the loud shriek made by the man before he died. After setting the officers' minds at ease, he once again starts hearing the beating heart of the old man, quiet at first, but building gradually until he could no longer stand it. "Villains!" he shrieked, "dissemble no more! I admit the deed! – tear up the planks! – here, here! – it's the beating of his hideous heart!"
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
- Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP III
- North Carolina: II
- South Carolina: II
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Middle School Songer Honor Band (Eric Songer, conductor) – 30 January 2020
- University of Chicago (Ill.) Lab School Concert Band (Francisco Dean, conductor) – 18 February 2018
- Southeast Bulloch Middle School (Brooklet, Ga.) 7th Grade Band – Spring 2012
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Astronomica (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Christmas Holiday March (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Danger Zone (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2020)
- I Got Rhythm (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1930/2020)
All Wind Works
- 25 or 6 to 4 (as arranger)
- And to All a Good Night (with Robert W. Smith) (2004)
- Annunciation (2020)
- Astronomica (2020)
- Astronomica (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Ayrshire Portrait (as arranger) (2001)
- Aztec Dance (1997)
- Barnburner (2017)
- The Batman Theme (as arranger) (1966/1989)
- The Batman Theme (as arranger) (1989/1997)
- Best of the West! (as arranger) (2018)
- Bruno Mars Four-Pack (as arranger) (2016/2019)
- Carnaval de Brasil (2000)
- A Cartoon Christmas (as arranger) (2001)
- Chant de Noël (as arranger) (2016)
- The Chase (2013)
- A Christmas Celebration (1985)
- Christmas Holiday March (2020)
- Contempo (2004)
- Creepy Crawlies (1999)
- The Curse of Tutankhamun (2001)
- Danger Zone (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2020)
- Dragon Dance (2010)
- Duel of the Fates (as arranger) (1999)
- Encore! (2013)
- España Cañi (as arranger) (1921/2008)
- Finale from "The Firebird" (as arranger) (1918/2014)
- Fum, Fum, Fum (2010)
- Ghost Ship (2012)
- Ghostbusters (as arranger) (1984/2016)
- The Gladiator (as arranger) (1886/2015)
- Good King Nutcracker (as arranger) (2012)
- Graduation Suite (as arranger) (2002)
- Holiday Short Cuts for Beginning Band – Vol. 1 (as arranger) (1948/2015)
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas (as arranger) (1966/1994/2000)
- Highlights from "The Wizard of Oz" (as arranger) (1939/1999)
- I Got Rhythm (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1930/2020)
- Irish Air and Dance (2008)
- It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (as arranger) (1963/2001)
- Jingle Bell Rock (as arranger) (1957/2001)
- Land of the Thunder Dragon (as arranger) (2019)
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (as arranger, with Smith) (1945/2008)
- Livin' la Vida Loca (as arranger)
- Macarena (as arranger) (2014)
- The Magic of Harry Potter (as arranger) (2013)
- Mama Paquita (as arranger) (2016)
- March from "First Suite for Military Band" (as arranger) (1909/2011)
- March of the Dwarfs (as arranger) (1891/2014)
- Medieval Dance (as arranger) (2015)
- Medieval Legend (2001/2012)
- Nautical Bits and Pieces (as arranger) (2014)
- Once Upon a December (as arranger) (1997)
- The Oregon Trail (1999)
- Overture 1812 (as arranger, with Smith) (1882/2012)
- Pavane (as arranger) (1899/2015)
- Pax Americana (2019)
- Pentagram (2016)
- The Pioneer Spirit (2010)
- Plaza de Toros (2011)
- Pyramid of the Sun (2013)
- Rockin' on Top of the World (as arranger) (2004/2005)
- A Saint-sational Trio! (as arranger) (2013)
- Sakura (1995)
- Salute to Glenn Miller (as arranger) (1940/1968)
- Scenes from "The Nutcracker" (as arranger) (1884/2010)
- Selections from the "Star Wars" Saga (as arranger) (1977/2006)
- Shenandoah (as arranger with Smith) (2003)
- Shut Up and Dance (as arranger) (2014/2015)
- Sketches of Canada (as arranger) (2015)
- Sleigh Ride (as arranger)
- Spitfire (2007)
- Spoon River (as arranger) (1922/2014)
- Suite from "Symphonie Fantastique" (as arranger) (1830/2016)
- The Tell-Tale Heart (2011)
- Time Warp (as arranger) (1975/2011)
- To Honor, Thank and Remember (2002)
- Trittico: Movement I (as arranger) (1963/2011)
- Üsküdar (as arranger, with Robert W. Smith) (2005)
- Variations on a Civil War Tune (2016)
- The Wabash Cannonball (as arranger) (1904/1987)
- Wade in the Water (as arranger) (2013)
- The Washington Post (as arranger) (1889/1998)
- You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch (as arranger) (1966/1994)
- Zombie Dance (2017)