{"id":108069,"date":"2025-10-03T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/?p=108069"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:55:14","slug":"monster-music-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/monster-music-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Music: 5 Petrifying Pieces for Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fall is finally here, and with it comes a supernatural delight for all things spooky. Fellow Halloween lovers might remember the Monster Music post on our ICAN blog<\/a>. This year, we wanted to add to the fun with more surprisingly sinister songs to bring the monsters out of hiding. Read on for some ghostly recommendations, and be sure to tune in to All Classical Radio in October for even more mysterious music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sonata in G Minor, \u201cDevil\u2019s Trill\u201d by Giuseppe Tartini<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To start our list, we have a deceptively beautiful piece, Sonata in G minor \u201cDevil\u2019s Trill.\u201d<\/em> No one would blame you if you didn\u2019t know the tale behind its creation. Legend tells of a long, restless night, in which Giuseppe Tartini dreamt of the devil himself appearing at his bedside. The devil offered to be his servant and teacher, and Tartini sagely handed the devil a violin to test his skill. Tartini claims that the devil played so passionately and with such intensity that when he awoke, he couldn\u2019t help but rush to the table to try to transcribe it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is said that what we\u2019re left with is but a shadow of the devil\u2019s piece, but it\u2019s hard to imagine how it could be improved upon. Each of the sonata\u2019s four movements has a distinct sound, and transitions from long languid lines to fiendishly difficult arpeggiated triads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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