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String Orchestra - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1005128 Composed by Various composers over the past couple centuries. Arranged by Ron Flintjer. Contemporary. Score and parts. 20 pages. Ron Flintjer #6323413. Published by Ron Flintjer (A0.1005128).  Be sure to ask your audience if anyone is celebrating a birthday, then offer up this special treat! "Happy Birthday Fantasy" is a clever reimagining of the tune everyone learns in childhood, then sings again and again throughout their lifetime. It's been around since 1859 and is probably the most loved and familiar song in history.   "Fantasy" begins with the familiar waltz sounds of "Happy Birthday." Then, bingo! Do I hear a minuet by Johann Strauss? A transition into a surprising minor key follows, with echoes of composer Florian Hermann's memorable "Dark Eyes." Next, it's time for a key signature change to 4/4 time, as the musical influence of the "March King," John Phillip Sousa, comes to the fore. Finally, the "Fantasy" closes with the arranger inventively superimposing the theme from Franz Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody #2" over the time-honored melody.   Full of surprises and deft forays into five musical genres - and offering a little classical education for your students along the way - "Happy Birthday Fantasy" is scored for Middle School/Jr. High School String Orchestra.   This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of popular titles and original compositions from a variety of voices and backgrounds. The length, difficulty, and retail pricing are determined solely by the discretion of the person who arranged or composed it. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).