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, Dvorak and Joplin. German birthday poems in imitation of Busch, Goethe, Morike, Morgenstern, Schiller and Storm complement the music, adding up to a perfect birthday present for the amateur pianist.