Pop Hits in a Classical Style Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Pop Hits in a Classical Style arr. David Pearl, for Piano Solo
What would composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, or Rachmaninoff have done if they had arranged “Dust in the Wind” for solo piano? Would Bach have penned a prelude or minuet? Would Chopin have crafted a nocturne or mazurka? What about Mozart, Tchaikovsky, or Bartok? Here are 16 pop songs, arranged for piano solo, as if covered by the likes of these music giants. The focus is on classic accompaniment styles, devices, figurations and forms, the compositional hallmarks of centuries of great music.
Titles include: “All of Me,” “Before He Cheats,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” “Call Me Maybe,” “Count on Me,” “Despacito,” “Happier,” “Jar of Hearts,” “Rolling in the Deep,” “Royals,” “Shake It Off,” “Someone Like You,” “Stacy’s Mom,” “Unwritten,” and “Uptown Funk.”
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