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    Composers reveal their horrifying, gory and macabre Halloween costumes

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    It's Halloween, and the great composers have gone to great lengths to look the part - check out their amazing costumes (warning: terrifying).

    1. Great composers in Halloween costumes

      1. Mozart as a zombie

    2. Great composers in Halloween costumes

      2. Beethoven as a werewolf

    3. Great composers in Halloween costumes

      3. Bach as Hannibal Lecter

    4. Great composers in Halloween costumes

      4. Elgar as a demon

    5. Great composers in Halloween costumes

      5. Rachmaninov as a vampire

      Rachula, anyone?

    6. Great composers in Halloween costumes

      6. Shostakovich as The Terminator

      Great composers in Halloween costumes

    7. Great composers in Halloween costumes

      7. Brahms as Dracula

    8. Great composers in Halloween costumes

      8. Schubert as a clown

    9. Great composers in Halloween costumes

      9. Rachmaninov as Frankenstein's monster

    10. Great composers in Halloween costumes

      10. Grieg as a troll

    11. Great composers in Halloween costumes

      11. Headless Liszt

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