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Classical Music for Halloween
Spooky Listening for Ghoulish Sound
Music affects moods and environment. Classical music has been greatly used in movie soundtracks for dramatic effects.
Those feeling the spirit of the Halloween, consider adding this list of thrillingly devilish classical music. Some of them may have been used in film scores, like Bach, Johann Sebastian’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565. This is JS Bach’s most famous organ piece. Read more … Classical Music Treat for the Halloween
Composer Links:
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565.
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Ghost Piano Trio
Liszt, Franz: Mephisto Waltz
Mussorgsky, Modest: Night On a Bare Mountain
Orff, Carl: Carmina Burana, “O Fortuna.”
Purcell, Henry: Queen Mary’s Funeral Music.
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Isle of the Dead
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Danse Macabre
Bach, JS: Passacaglia and Thema Fugatum in c minor
Boccherini, Luigi: Symphony No. 6, The House of the Devil
Brahms, Johannes : Begraebensgesange (Funeral Hymn)
Faure, Gabriel: Chant funeraire
Gounod, Charles: Funeral March of a Marionette
Mendelssohn, Felix: First Walpurgis Night
Paganini, Niccolo: Witches Dance
Stravinsky, Igor: The Devil’s Dance
Hello, Tel,
You always give me food for thought with your articles.
I’m not sure I’ve heard all these pieces, of course I may have done without realising what they were. Of all the titles I think Funeral March of a Marionette sounds the scariest. Puppets and dolls always scare me
Lizzie.
Dear Lizzie,
Thanks a lot for dropping by. The pieces are truly scary but I’m just going to listen to the Wunderkind’s Requiem over the weekend. I’m listening to one of his violin sonatas right now.
Tel