Holiday for Strings (song)

"Holiday for Strings", written by David Rose,[1] is an instrumental composition best known for its use as the theme song for The Red Skelton Show for over 20 years and as the theme for the Brazilian Game Show Pra Ganhar é Só Rodar o Pião da Casa Própria (To win your own house just spin the wheel) aired by SBT.

Written in 1942, this piece is still recognized today as a classic American composition.

The pizzicato strings and soaring melodies give this composition its distinctive sound.

[2] In 1945, Spike Jones and his City Slickers recorded a version for RCA Victor with various sound effects laughter and a clucking chicken.

After a chromatic fanfare modulating back to C Major, the main theme recapitulates in its home key and ends after a short Coda section.