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13 Days of Spooky Classical

Halloween Spooky Music Holidays

Celebrate a very spooky classical Halloween with haunted concert halls, curses, tales of mummies, eerie music and much more!

Each day we will post a new video as we countdown the final 13 days until Halloween!

Day 13: A Haunting Poem by Alan Chapman

Composer's Halloween Ball

Day 12: Silvestre Revueltas La Noche de los mayas

Silvestre Revueltas La Noche de los mayas

Day 11: Spooky Sounds of Erik Satie

Erik Satie

Day 10: Curse of the 9th Symphony

Curse of the 9th

Day 9: The Theremin

The Theremin

Day 8: The Top 5 Spooky Pieces from the Classical California Arcade Stream

Super Mario Brothers

5 Nights at Freddy's

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

Soundtrack from SOMA

Diablo III

Day 7: Haydn's Missing Head

Haydn's Missing Head

Day 6: Anton Bruckner's Obsession with Death

Anton Bruckner's Obsession with Death

Day 5: Anton Fils Death by Spiders

Anton Fils Death by Spiders

Day 4: Chopin's Heart in a Jar

Chopin's Heart in a Jar

Day 3: Carlo Gesualdo who is famously known for his haunting pieces and also infamously known for murder....

Carlo Gesualdo

Day 2: Haunted Concert Halls

Haunted Concert Halls

Starting day 1 with:

The Dark Side of Peter Warlock

Halloween Spooky Music Holidays

Published on 10.30.2024

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