Help me name this song!

May 9, 2009 3:04 PM

Please help me identify this song!

I learned it as a boy... I remember there being one sheet of music, sautille throughout. Also, it was called "something something," where I believe the first something was an evil mythical creature, like a goblin or a witch or a vampire and the second something was an activity, like a party or a dance or a parade.

Argh it's making me crazy, because I force all my poor students to learn this song and I can't even tell them what it's called.

posted by Baby_Balrog to media & arts (7 comments total)

The Dance Of The Goblins by Antonio Bazzini, maybe?
posted by Dreamcast at 3:30 PM on May 9

Elfin Dance? Is it this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6utvxc17Js
posted by wondermouse at 4:49 PM on May 9

Nevermind, I didn't realize there was a video of you actually playing the song. hmm.. well at least I got the sautille right. They are pretty similar, except the Dance of the Elves is less ominous.
posted by wondermouse at 5:07 PM on May 9

Is it Devil's Dream?
posted by iconomy at 5:34 PM on May 9

Nope, definitely not Devil's Dream...and Elfin Dance is similar but not it either. Hrm.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 5:42 PM on May 9

And most definitely not the Bazinni... should have put that in the intro.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 5:43 PM on May 9

This might be a long shot, but there is a song in Practical Method for the Violin, Book 4 called "Goblins' Frolic."

(I can't find a digital version of the sheet music or an audio file, so this is based completely on the title, and the fact that it's in an instructional book for the violin. Like I said, a long shot.)
posted by alyxstarr at 6:10 PM on May 9