Beethoven's Wig - Fun and Easy Piano

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. Piano teachers often tell...
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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. 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. The witty and delightful songs in this collection provide an entertaining means to this end, and they are all set to popular repertoire for beginners and intermediate pianists. 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. Sheet Music In This Collection Includes: 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 Don't Feed The Pigeons (Ecossaise, Schubert), Cat and Mouse (German Dance, Haydn), Wear Your Crown (King Willam's March, Clark), No Pasta Today (Italian Song, Tchaikovsky), Pedal To The Metal (Gigue a l'angloise, Telemann), Renaissance Fair (The Morris, Byrd), Minuet For My Pet (Minuet In G, Beethoven), My Chicken Likes To Sing (Musette, J.S. Bach), Rose's Nose (Sweet As Sugar, Bartok) Under The Floor (Borry, Purcell), I Can't Sleep (Lullaby, Brahms), Harmony (The Merry Farmer, Schumann)