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Brief Sound Clip: That's part of Haydn's "Surprise Symphony" set to words on a CD called Beethoven's Wig," which features such other favorites as Bach's "Bouree" for guitar, Delibes' "Pizzicato from Sylvia," and a most astonishing version of Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" that begins: Brief Sound Clip: These wiggy versions of the classics remind one of Peter Schickele's P.D.Q. Bach, and of Gilbert and Sullivan's operatic patter songs. But, in the end, some would argue, it's a very clever and fun way to introduce children to the all-too-human dimensions of classical music. Something we often forget in our somber reverence for it. That is, that it was the popular music of its day. But if you're a purist, as I tend to be, Beethoven's Wig also includes orchestral performances, without words, of all of the pieces on the recording -- just in case you'd like your youngsters to hear the originals, without tongue-in-cheek pyrotechnics like these: Brief Sound Clip: Copyright 2006© John Cech
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