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2. Vorwort Foreword
Die Idee, die bereits fur Blockfloten-Gruppen er The idea of arranging Gerhard Wolters' set of
schienene Variationsreihe tiber quot;Happy Birthdayquot; variations on quot;Happy Birthdayquot; came to me after
von Gerhard Wolters, .Jedem sein Geburtstags having played them on viola at a private function. In
standchenquot;, fur Streicher-Ensembleherauszugeben, so doing, I discovered how well this charming, witty
entstand mehr aus einem privaten AnlaB, an dem der set of pieces for recorder ensemble would adapt to
Transkripteur selbst zur Bratsche griff. Dabei ent the medium of the string quartet, perhaps not
deckte er, welchen Reiz diese geistreich-humorvoll surprisingly, since much of the melodic material on
komponierten Stticke auch auf Streicher ausuben; which the pieces are based was scored originally for
nicht verwunderlich, da die in den Variationen string instruments.
verarbeiteten Melodien in ihrer Originalgestalt vor
The musical interest resides primarily in its stylistic
wiegend von Streichinstrumenten ausgeflihrt wer
variety, affording pupils the opportunity to hear
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familiar music transformed in various ways. Also,
Der musikalische Wert liegt zunachst vor allem in with its quot;Happy Birthdayquot; theme, you can find a
der stilistischen Vielfalt, die dem Schtiler Gelegen reason to perform this piece at practically any time.
heit bietet, vom Horen Vertrautes musikalisch selbst of the year.
umzusetzen, Zum anderen ist beim Thema Geburts
This arrangement is also for me the fine result of a
tag ein konkreter AnlaB zum Spielen fast immer
long' standing mutually beneficial collaboration
gegeben; das befltigelt die Motivation.
between Gerhard Wolters and myself, working
Die hier vorliegenden Bearbeitungen sind nicht together at the music school in Miilheim/Ruhr.
zuletzt auch das schone Ergebnis einer mehrjahri
gen, gegenseitig befruchtenden Zusammenarbeit Dr. Tibor Istvanffy
zwischen Gerhard Wolters und dem Verfasser an
der Jugendmusikschule Mulheim/Ruhr.
Dr. Tibor Istvanffy
4. 30E 4067 PARTITUR
Gerhard Wolters Score
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3~TH Jedem sein Geburtstagsstandchen
TO EACH HIS OWN BIRTHDAY SERENADE
Variationen tiber das Lied Variations on the Song
quot;Happy Birthdayquot; quot;Happy Birthdayquot;
von Mildred 1. Hill und Patti Smith-Hill by Mildred 1. Hill s. Patti Smith-Hill
bearbeitet fUr Streichquartett arranged for String Quartet
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