Hans Nicklaus: Happy Birthday Variationen: Piano

These attractive variations on the 'Happy Birthday' - theme are written in the style of various masters and are suitably flavoured with additional quotes the 'congratulations' are meant to be by the following composers: Bach Mozart Beethoven Schubert Chopin Liszt Wagner J. Strauss Dvorák and Joplin. German birthday poems in imitation of Busch Goethe Mörike Morgenstern Schiller and Storm complement the music adding up to a perfect birthday present for the amateur pianist.