These attractive variations on the 'Happy Birthday ' - theme are written in the style of various masters and are suitably flavoured with additional quotes, the 'congratulations' are meant to be by the following composers: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Wagner, J. Strauss, Dvorák and Joplin. German birthday poems in imitation of Busch, Goethe, Mörike, Morgenstern, Schiller and Storm complement the music, adding up to a perfect birthdaypresent for the amateur pianist.