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Halloween Music (7)

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Greetings, readers!

To finish off the seasonal music week-long series, I am sharing yet another favorite instrumental piece: “Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” (For some reason, it is not letting me embed it in the post.)

This one is not inherently seasonal, but it does have a darker feel to it. I hope you enjoy, and have a lovely Saturday.

 

Halloween Music (6)

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To further continue the “seasonal music” series, I am actually going to direct you to a previous post by The Webmaster. At one point, the Webmaster wrote about a creepy Russian lullaby. The song itself involves someone in the child’s house looking for those who do not sleep.

I understand that this is probably not a seasonal one for Russia, but it is certainly seasonally appropriate for the United States. The Russian language itself, if you do not know it, also inherently sounds sinister.

Enjoy.

Music for Halloween (5)

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Today’s seasonal music (again, continuing with the series) is another with lyrics. It is a rendition of “Come Little Children”. The original was from a movie I have not yet seen, called Hocus Pocus.

This particular song is chillingly haunting. It includes ethereal vocalizations and plucked strings, for a downright sinister sound.

I rather enjoy this one, and hope you do, too.

Music for Halloween (4)

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In the further continuation of my seasonally appropriate music series, I am sharing a song sung by a phenomenal barbershop quartet.

As I am sure you could tell from the words “Barbershop Quartet”, this is a different style from the previous three. In fact, there are no non-vocal instruments in this rendition of “Grim Grinning Ghosts”, sung by the Dapper Dans in Disneyland.

They are impressive musicians (even if the editors did decide to distract by including sound effects.) I especially appreciate their bass.

Enjoy. And happy Wednesday.

Music for Halloween (3)

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I am continuing the series on seasonally appropriate music with “In the Hall of the Mountain King”, by Grieg.

This one is slightly different from the others. It does not start with the same type of dissonant strings, or even too fast of a pace. Instead, it is sinister for its low, single-plucked strings, and the deliberate pace it sets at the beginning.

This one is a classic for the season, and I hope you enjoy.

Music for Halloween (2)

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Continuing from yesterday’s post, I have another “Seasonally Appropriate” music suggestion: Danse Macabre by Saint-Sans.

It also has a dissonant, quick strings opening that sets a sinister and spooky tone.

It would also be a terrifying tempo to actually dance to.

It eve starts off with the “Tolling of bells” at the beginning, heard on stringed instrument.

It is a lovely piece for the season, and I hope you enjoy.

Music for Halloween (1)

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As you are probably aware, Halloween is coming in just over a week.

In honor of that, I am going to share some of my favorite seasonally appropriate music.

The first is “Night on a Bald Mountain” by Mussorgsky.

There are several reasons this is a great piece for the season.

First, it is naturally sinister. The combination of fast-paced strings, quick tempo, dissonance, and deep brass lead to a delightfully sinister tone.

Second, as another interesting fact, this piece was not performed until after the attributed composer’s death.

Also, according to Wikipedia, the version we are familiar with is actually a variation of an arrangement of the original.

I hope you enjoy.

Old Educational Software Available Online

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I was recently informed that there are some old education games available online for free. There is quite a large collection of them, and they should be able to take up some of your time this Saturday. I expect that many of them will be well below your level, but they might be droll regardless.

Oooh, it looks like they have Treasure Mathstorm!

I used to love that one!

Yep, definitely checking out this website…

I guess the Webmaster also gives an endorsement of this.

Enjoy.

Interesting Dystopian Story

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I recently encountered a rather interesting story. It is called “By the Waters of Babylon.” It deals with some slightly sinister themes, and thus I thought it appropriate for the month of Halloween. As it is also a Friday, and since you therefore have more time, I thought it also appropriate due to its relatively longer length than some things previously shared.

Happy reading.

Charming Star Wars Costume

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I admit to being quite surprised that I am posting this before the Webmaster. However, I will not complain.

Recently, I found a video of an utterly charming home-made child’s Star Wars costume. The parents made a costume so their young child could be a tauntaun rider from Star Wars.

I am highly impressed by how the costume turned out; that takes a great deal of skill.

Have a lovely Wednesday.