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Beethoven's Wig 4: Dance Along Symphonies | 
 enlarge | Artist: Beethoven's Wig
Label: Rounder / Pgd
Category: Music
List Price: $14.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 1337
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 011661812727
EAN: 0011661812727
ASIN: B001APM45I
Release Date: August 12, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Forever We're Marching (March: The Washington Post) | | • | Oh No! (Two Step: Maple Leaf Rag) | | • | A Masterpiece (Rondeau: from Suite of Symphonies No. 1) | | • | Midnight Snack (Habanera: from Carmen) | | • | Give Me A 10 (Skater's Waltz: Les Patineurs) | | • | Blow Blow Blow (Ballet: Neapolitan Dance from Swan Lake) | | • | I Want My Diploma (Processional: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1) | | • | Joyful Waldteufel (Waltz: Estudiantina) | | • | Minuet Duet (Minuet: from Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach) | | • | Rover Roll Over (Polka: Annen Polka) | | • | Please Mr. Ringmaster (Circus March: Entry of the Gladiators) | | • | Bonus track: Beep Beep Beep (Moonlight Sonata) | | • | The Washington Post, Sousa | | • | Maple Leaf Rag, Joplin | | • | Rondeau from Suite of Symphonies, Mouret | | • | Habanera from Carmen, Bizet | | • | Les Patineurs, Waldteufel | | • | Neapolitan Dance from Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky | | • | Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, Elgar | | • | Estudiantina, Waldteufel | | • | Minuet in G from Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach, J.S. Bach | | • | Annen Polka, Strauss, Jr. | | • | Entry of the Gladiators, Fucik | | • | Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven |
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Album Description
Boogie with Beethoven's Wig! Move to the music while delighting in zany lyrics set to classic music pieces written especially for dance. Step into a fun foundation for classical music and timeless dances that will last a lifetime.
Inspired and wildly imaginative, the Beethoven's Wig series has won 40 national awards including three Grammy Award nominations. It has been featured on NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered and on NBC's Today Show.
The CD booklet includes lyrics, trivia questions and activities. The instrumental performance of each piece is also included without lyrics.
Beethoven's Wig is the classical music sensation for the whole family!
Album Description
Beethoven's Wig is a performing group and a series of musical CDs, which set lyrics to the greatest masterpieces of classical music. Created by Richard Perlmutter, who is also the lyricist, lead singer and producer of the albums. The three Beethoven's Wig CDs have won three Grammy Award nominations, three Parents Choice Awards, and been named American Library Association Notable Recordings twice. In total the series has been honored with more than 40 national awards. The performing and recording group features singers Elin Carlson, Jonathan Mack, Susan Boyd, Jon Joyce and Michael Gieger. Beethoven's Wig has been featured on National Public Radio's All Things Considered and Morning Edition, on NBC's Today Show and they have sung at performing arts centers and with symphony orchestras across the US.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Another great, funny CD. October 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Another great, funny CD. I have all 4 of this series and this is another great one. A must for all families looking to teach their children about classical music in a fun way. Also, a great rendition of Pomp and Circumstances that our recent college graduate son thoroughly related to and enjoyed!
 Love it October 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great avenue for introducing classical music to ALL ages. A fun "listen to" adventure.
Excellent Addition October 13, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This 4th CD is a perfect addition to the set, especially tracks 4 (Give me a midnight snack, to the tune of Bizet's "Habanero") and 12 (Beep beep beep--which gives a whole new perspective of "Moonlight Sonata"). For classical music lovers, it's really great and for those new to classical musical or who've never before thought of it as "music", the lyrics are hilarious and catchy, and help the listener think perhaps those "ancient composers" actually knew what they were doing.
More fun and silliness for Beethoven's Wig fans September 3, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
There are some really fun tracks on this CD, plus there are American composers (Sousa and Joplin) for the first time.
Sequels - who needs `em? (Kids and music lovers, that's who.) August 27, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've always been suspicious -- even cynical -- about sequels. So after the original Beethoven's Wig swept my daughter away while so engagingly reintroducing me to some favorite classics, I was pleasantly surprised when Wig 2, and then Wig 3, somehow managed to sustain the magic of Wig 1. I thought it couldn't get any better, and then here comes Wig 4. The artist may not like this, but I have to tell you to jump to the last cut first -- "Beep Beep Beep," lyricist/vocalist Richard Perlmutter's take on Beethoven's beautiful Moonlight Sonata -- to hear a mini-masterpiece of storytelling for children and adults alike. It's the perfect exclamation point at the end of what is now four Beethoven's Wig albums that seldom waiver in their enthralling ingenuity and craftsmanship. Then you and your little ones can go back and listen to all that the whole album has to offer, while knowing that "Beep Beep Beep" is waiting for you again at the end. Along the way, you'll encounter marching bands with aching feet, a comically frustrated dog owner trying to teach him to roll over, a very different look inside the circus, and stories set to spirited waltzes that will make the family want to all get up and dance together -- all while (re)discovering some of the greatest classical repertoire. How Beethoven's Wig managed to not only sustain the charm of the original but also maintain this level of artistry amazes me, and continues to delight even my(now older) daughter. Highly recommended!
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