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Beethoven's Wig: Sing Along Symphonies | 
 enlarge | Artist: Beethoven's Wig
Label: Rounder / Umgd
Category: Music
List Price: $12.98
Buy New: $8.26
You Save: $4.72 (36%)
New (29) Used (15) from $6.87
Rating:  81 reviews
Sales Rank: 1820
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 618112
UPC: 011661811225
EAN: 0011661811225
ASIN: B000060OLA
Release Date: March 5, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: BRAND NEW Factory Sealed - Ready to be shipped within 24 hrs from California - Average 5 workdays delivery time - Excellent customer service - Buy with confidence!
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| • | Beethoven's Wig (5th Symphony, Beethoven) | | • | Franz Liszt the Famous Pianist (Hungarian Rhapsody #2, Liszt) | | • | Please Don't Play Your Violin at Night (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Mozart) | | • | Can You Can Can? (Can Can, Offenbach) | | • | Just For Elise (Fur Elise, Beethoven) | | • | Haydn's Great Surprise (Surprise Symphony, Haydn) | | • | Kings and Queens of England (Trumpet Tune, Purcell) | | • | Drip, Drip, Drip (Pizzicato from Sylvia, Delibes) | | • | Harmony (The Merry Peasant, Schumann) | | • | Hey Guitar Teacher (Bouree, Bach) | | • | Tchaikovsky's Cannonball (1812 Overture, Tchaikovsky) |
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Product Description
GENERAL FEATURES: Beethoven's Wig Sing Along Symphonies are zany stick-in-your-head lyrics set to the greatest hits of classical music. Filled with fact and fancy about the world's most notable composers and their masterpieces, each Sing Along Symphony opens the door to "serious music" in a way that's fun. As a bonus, the orchestral performance of each classical piece is included without lyrics. Educational entertainment for all ages.
Amazon.com
Inspired and wildly imaginative, Beethoven's Wig is one of the best introductions to classical music you could give to your children. Featuring snippets of 11 classical music staples--Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Haydn, et al.--the disc and its creators, Richard Perlmutter and friends, pour on the silly lyrics the first time around to familiarize young ears to the old masters. Then in the last half of the record, the orchestra plays the same "serious" music pieces instrumentally. You might cheerfully recall Alan Sherman's popular spoofs of old classical works in Wig and you'll again chuckle at pieces like "Drip, Drip, Drip," which adapts Delibes's "Pizzicato from Sylvia." You'll also marvel at the expertise throughout the CD, with all the pieces well played yet thoroughly fun. Beethoven's Wig is an orchestral treasure with a sense of humor as old or as new as its listeners (and the fun questions that run throughout the CD's liner notes are almost as entertaining as the zany musical interludes). Highly recommended. --Martin Keller
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| Customer Reviews:
 Teaching Kids to Love Classical Music July 1, 2008
Willis L. Burroughs (Jacksonville, FL USA)
This is a great product. The kids love it. Some reviews have mentioned that the lead vocalist is not very melodic. However, I see this as a plus. He has a zany way of cracking his voice which is a hilarious complement to the other opera-class voices on the CD.
My kids seem to love the instrumental-only versions now that they associate these with the vocal versions.
Classical Kids May 25, 2008
Dawn Brown (Oregon)
I bought this as a birthday gift for a little boy. My kids and I love this CD and like to give it as a gift for other families. It is so fun for the kids, but also it has helped me be able to identify and remember the songs. I tried to think of my favorite song, but I love every one; they are so catchy! "The Kings and Queens of England" is a compact little history lesson. I need to get another copy for myself; one I loaned out never came back. That's okay - this is one CD I want every kid to hear!
Leslie S. April 4, 2008
Leslie S. (New Hampshire)
My children are regularly singing the songs from this album, whether they are listening to it or not! It has been a fantastic way to introduce them to various composers. They have become quite good at identifying composers based on their musical styles from this CD! It's a lot of fun!
First Children's CD my Husband Recommended Buying January 8, 2008
T. Duffin (Santa Clara, UT)
We often get children's CDs at the library so we do not get sick of the same songs (especially cheesy children's songs.) But we hadn't gotten this CD in about 2 years and my husband out of the blue suggested it. And then suggested we buy it! That was a shock. Yes, it's that good.
Fantastic series for kids January 3, 2008
D. Wisotzkey
The Beethovens Wig CD's are so much fun to listen to because of the funny lyrics, while also familiarizing kids with classical music. We love them.
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