Product Description
Inspired and wildly imaginative, "Beethoven's Wig - Fun and Easy Piano" contains zany, stick-in-your-head lyrics set to easy piano works as originally written by the world's greatest composers, including Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Haydn, Schubert, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Bartok, Stravinsky, and Brahms. Written by Richard Perlmutter, each song is filled with fact and fancy about the composers and their music opening a door to serious music that's fun.
GREAT FOR PIANO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
Piano teachers often tell their students they should sing the instrumental pieces they play to improve their performance. This forces students to interpret pieces lyrically. They become more aware how phrases rise and fall, where pauses should be taken for breaths, and what notes should be emphasized. The witty and delightful lyrics in this collection are an entertaining means to that end, and are all set to popular repertoire for beginners and intermediates. They are great to sing along with when playing, and they make practicing both educational and fun!
PRAISE FOR BEETHOVEN'S WIG
"Classical music was never supposed to be this much fun. Was it?"
- Baltimore Sun
"Instrumental music tends not to charm children...and a classical piece like Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Not a good bet. But what if that work had words?"
- New York Times
"The songs are funny... The lyrics are hummable mnemonics, each imparting information about the work or the composer."
- Washington Post
"An irreverent, witty approach to music appreciation... a laugh out loud that pretty much guarantees listeners will forevermore recognize the classics."
-Los Angeles Times
ABOUT BEETHOVEN'S WIG
Beethoven's Wig is the creation of Richard Perlmutter, who is the lyricist, lead singer and producer of the group's five albums. Beethoven's Wig has toured North America and performed at arts centers and with symphony orchestras. The group's recordings have won 50 awards including including four GRAMMY Nominations. They have also won Parent's Choice Awards, Teacher's Choice Awards and been designated as "Notable Recordings" by the American Library Association.
CONTENTS
Just For Elise (Fur Elise, Beethoven), My Little Chicken (Chopsticks, de Lulli), A Wrong Note (Ecossaise, Beethoven), The Mighty Piano Mover (KV 3, W.A. Mozart), Glinka was Succinct (Russian Polka, Glinka), The Pony Express (The Wild Rider Schumann), Russian Composers (Moderato, Stravinsky), By Hook or Crook (Allegretto, Hook), Thank Mozart's Dad (Notebook for Nannerl #2, L. Mozart), Repetition (Op 14 # 37, Kunz), Please Dont Feed The Pigeons (Ecossaise, Schubert), Cat and Mouse (German Dance, Haydn), Wear Your Crown (King Willams March, Clark), No Pasta Today (Italian Song, Tchaikovsky), Pedal To The Metal (Gigue a langloise, Telemann), Renaissance Fair (The Morris, Byrd), Minuet For My Pet (Minuet In G, Beethoven), My Chicken Likes To Sing (Musette, J.S. Bach), Roses Nose (Sweet As Sugar, Bartok) Under The Floor (Borry, Purcell), I Cant Sleep (Lullaby, Brahms), Harmony (The Merry Farmer, Schumann)
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.