The 13 scariest pieces of classical music for Halloween

By Melissa Lesnie on Oct 28, 2012 filed under Classical Music | Comments

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Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre

Saint-Saëns’s creepy 1874 tone poem is a Halloween classic, depicting the revelry of the Grim Reaper at midnight every year at this time. With his cursed fiddle, Death summons the dead from their graves to kick up their heals until dawn. In this vintage Disney animation, listen out for the xylophone sound of rattling bones.

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