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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

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      8. Schubert as a clown

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      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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