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How Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor became Halloween’s theme song
The Conversation ^ | October 30, 2023 | Megan Sarno

Posted on 10/31/2023 2:56:11 PM PDT by DoodleBob

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1 posted on 10/31/2023 2:56:11 PM PDT by DoodleBob
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Well used at the beginning of Phantom of the Opera. While playing, the chandelier would come right down to the front of the audience and got you ready for a pretty spectacular play.


2 posted on 10/31/2023 3:00:44 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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FR rarely disappoints!


3 posted on 10/31/2023 3:04:40 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold eday in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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Listen here.

It’s true, we all know it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXPZGHk0PLA


4 posted on 10/31/2023 3:05:09 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: gundog

I love Bach.

I also rarely miss an opportunity when discussing the man and his music, to wave my hand in a chopping gesture and exclaim like Radar.


5 posted on 10/31/2023 3:08:41 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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I've always thought of 'Danse Macabre' as the song for halloween.

Camille Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre

6 posted on 10/31/2023 3:13:29 PM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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Yeah...once you’ve said that, you’ve said it all.


7 posted on 10/31/2023 3:20:06 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold eday in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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All I remember it for is “Rollerball”. lol Oh, and the version by Roger Williams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK1rJQL0wJM


8 posted on 10/31/2023 3:22:26 PM PDT by Retrofitted
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I’m partial to Halloween by The Misfits.

I’m even more partial to the song when covered live by Bobby Steele.

9 posted on 10/31/2023 3:23:59 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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ROLLERBALL


10 posted on 10/31/2023 3:51:15 PM PDT by struggle
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“I’m partial to the fugue.”


11 posted on 10/31/2023 3:52:47 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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No, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor is the theme song of spooky castles and house. Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain is the them song for Halloween.


Modest Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain

12 posted on 10/31/2023 4:14:12 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Things that go BTTT in the night <[;o)))~


13 posted on 10/31/2023 4:18:41 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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Heh heh. I clicked the link. And sure enough a Halloween song came on.

It was a Toyota ad.

I see a Bad Moon Rising.
Don’t go around tonight
Well it’s bound to take your life
There’s a bad moon on the rise


14 posted on 10/31/2023 4:19:03 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain is the them song for Halloween

Hmmm...

A 9-minute composition. Isn't there a particular part of this used for Halloween. Can't be the whole 9-minute deal, right?

15 posted on 10/31/2023 4:23:21 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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16 posted on 10/31/2023 4:25:30 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: Jim W N

Sure.


17 posted on 10/31/2023 4:25:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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I don’t know, I heard part of it and it didn’t sound familiar. Isn’t there a particular part that is more familiar for Halloween?


18 posted on 10/31/2023 4:27:54 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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Bah, everyone knows the official theme song of Halloween is the Monster Mash.


19 posted on 10/31/2023 4:29:11 PM PDT by bigbob
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Don’t forget that Toccata and Fugue in D Minor recurred in the thriller “Rollerball.”


20 posted on 10/31/2023 4:29:15 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump. )
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