Midnight Waltz - Flexible Arrangement

Concert Band Level 1.5

3/4 time, C Minor

...the story of The Haunted Mansion continues…

 You step into the ballroom of the Haunted Mansion.  As you stare at the vast, empty space, you feel that you are not alone.  You think that you can hear music, if you listen closely enough.  You can feel a ghostly band strike up a waltz, and, although you don’t see anything, you feel that the room is full of figures from the past, or perhaps an alternate dimension, gliding around the room.  The dance calls to you.  You begin to waltz, and although you’ve never danced to this music before, you somehow know the steps.  You sway around the room to music you can’t hear, with a partner that isn’t there, The clock strikes midnight, and...

“Midnight Waltz” is the third movement of the Haunted Mansion trilogy. Movements 1 and 2, “The Haunted Mansion”, and “Empty Portraits”, are available from Grand Mesa Music Publishers.

This is the flexible arrangement - for four parts, plus optional percussion. I have also included a piano part that functions as an accompaniment while integrating most of the parts.

 I hope you enjoy “Midnight Waltz!”