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Camille Saint-Saens had a short piece for orchestra become an instant classic. This may be his best known piece, a perennial favorite for Halloween. He even writes a fugue in the middle!

Saint-Saens: La danse macabre

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One of my all-time favorites.

This was my Halloween music growing up, along with “Night on Bald Mountain”, “Symphonie Fantastique”, “Ride of the Valkyries”, “Totentantz”, and of course, the perennial favorite, Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in Dm”.