happy birthday - an impressive arrangement?

[le_poete_mourant]

So, a very special person to me is having her Sweet Sixteen on Saturday.  Now, I would like to play "happy birthday" on her piano for her...but I don't want to do some cupcake thing.  When Marvin Hamlisch came to town, it was a friend of his birthday, and he played Happy Birthday in the style of Mozart, Beethoven, and Rachmaninov. 

I was thinking of arranging something, like a Bach fugue or a Chopin nocturne (make it minor?) or in the style of Shostakovich (add minor 2nds?), but I'm not sure if I'll have the time to pull something off by Saturday... and this means a lot... I want it to be good! 

Does anybody have sheets/know of an impressive version of Happy Birthday?  it doesn't even have to be Liszt-crazy type, but something not so ordinary! 

Thanks ---  and Happy Birthday to Giulia P.  5/31/06 

[edit] 6/1/06 - thanks for the responses, i had about an hour this evening to cook something up! 

[alejo_90]

Why don't you try to determine the structure of the Happy Birthday theme, and then Improvise somthing crazy with on your piano, and then write it down?

Best
Alex

[invictious]

Why don't you arrange it yourself, it shows that you care about her instead of pulling out random music from the net.

It shows that you care and you do wish her a happy birthday.

Do it yourself, that is what musicians should do.

[allthumbs]

Well, in case you don't have the time, try this arrangement.


Cheers

allthumbs

[chocolatedog]

I've written my own variations in the style of Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, "Victoriana" and an attempt at some kind of Liszt!  They're not very good but it's quite easy to do - the LH accompaniment is quite often the obvious thing, eg Alberti bass, or a flowing arpeggiated accompaniment etc. Almost cliched really but fun!

[kghayesh]

Well, in case you don't have the time, try this arrangement.


Cheers

allthumbs
 Happy Birthday to You.pdf (60.02 KB - downloaded 23 times.)

Well i guess that's not Happy Birthday we all know .....