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What is the best classical Halloween music?
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By Jacob Stockinger
There is a lot of spookily appropriate classical music to mark Halloween, which is this Tuesday.
The British radio station ClassicFM has published its choice of the “20 scariest Classical music pieces” for Halloween. Here’s a link to the website, which has links to performances of the pieces:
https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/scary-classical-music-halloween/
But much has been left out from J.S. Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor to Beethoven’s “Ghost” Piano Trio, from the finale of Chopin’s “Funeral March” sonata to Philip Glass’s film score for “Dracula” (below):
At the bottom is a YouTube video that has another selection that offers 2.5 hours of Halloween music, maybe something you want to play while you pass out goodies to trick-and-treaters.
Do you have a favorite piece of classical music that particularly expresses the mood or atmosphere of Halloween?
The Ear wants to hear.
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