Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Halloween Tunes: “You Whirling Wheel”—O Fortuna


Who knew such a spooky piece of music had such a high pedigree?

There are several versions of it on Freegal.

In 2009, the BBC reported that O Fortuna was the “most-listened to classical piece.” They quote a classical music buff as saying, "For some reason, it almost sounds satanic, although it's actually a religious piece."

That’s it, exactly.

It’s ostensibly about fate and fortune, but it ends up sounding like the devil is coming to get you.


 

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