Did you know that Happy Birthday had been arranged in different genre-versions? Give the following a listen and you won't stop laughing. While my first student loves the New Orleans version the most, my favourite is the final Hungarian Version! What about you?
This is awesome! What makes you like the Hungarian version most?
Maybe lately I've been listening to lots of Hungarian traditional tunes and have identified some common styles among them; and the way the Hungarian version is arranged has captured that exact... See More
Maybe lately I've been listening to lots of Hungarian traditional tunes and have identified some common styles among them; and the way the Hungarian version is arranged has captured that exact style so aptly!
In yesterday's Adam Gyorgy concert, he played Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" in one of his encores - and we know Liszt was very heavily influenced by Hungarian Folk music!
Yes, exactly, and so is Brahms!