Richard Perlmutter
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Richard Perlmutter is an American
songwriter
, musician
, singer, producer
and author
. He was born in Newark, New Jersey
and raised in Plainfield, New Jersey
.
He is best known as the creator, writer, lead singer and producer of Beethoven's Wig
, a vocal group that performs with symphony orchestras and has recorded four albums. Beethoven's Wig songs feature Perlmutter's lyrics set to the greatest hits of classical music. The lyrics often refer to the pieces or their composers.
The four Beethoven's Wig
albums have each received a nomination for a Grammy Award
for Best Children's Album and three of them have also been named American Library Association
Notable Recordings. In all, the albums have won 46 National awards.
Perlmutter has also recorded two solo albums and has produced albums for the Grammy Award
winning group Nickel Creek
, and for Victoria Jackson
, former cast member on Saturday Night Live
.
Perlmutter is married and has three children. He lives in Los Angeles, California
.
, Rhode Island School of Design
, and Yale University
, and then teaching at Yale, Perlmutter formed Radio Play, a commercial production company. He wrote and produced radio commercials and music for radio and TV. Clients included Hertz
, Hewlett Packard, Traveler's Insurance, Ringling Bros., Hunt's Foods, Sprint
, NBC
TV, and Olive Garden
. His radio commercials won numerous advertising awards including the International Broadcasting Award, Mobius
Award, New York Festivals Award, and Clio Award Finalist. As a founding partner of the Woo Agency, in Culver City, California
, he expanded into producing television commercials and print advertising. Perlmutter served as Creative Director at the agency, writing and producing work for clients included Gold's Gym
, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, and Good Guys. He left the agency in 2003.
winning band Nickel Creek
performing at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles, and recorded their first commercial release "Little Cowpoke." The team also produced an album for Saturday Night Live
cast member Victoria Jackson
called "Ukelele Lady" and a second album for Perlmutter called "Hot Diggity." During the early 1990s, Perlmutter performed with his backup band the Shining Pearls.
album on Rounder Records
. A week after its release, Perlmutter was featured on NPR
's "All Things Considered," and then appeared on NBC
's Today Show. The album shot to #6 on Amazon
's Hot 100 Sales Chart and held the #1 position on both the Amazon
Classical and Children's Music Sales Charts for four months.
Pulse magazine
called Beethoven's Wig
, "Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!" The LA Times said it was, "an irreverent approach to music appreciation." US News and World Report said, "Perlmutter's got goofball charm...the lyrics are truly hilarious!"
Over the next year, Beethoven's Wig
received 15 national awards including a Grammy Nomination for Best Musical Album for Children, and a Parent's Choice Award. It was also designated an American Library Association
Notable Recording.
When "Beethoven's Wig 2" was released in 2004, Perlmutter appeared on NPR
's "Morning Edition," and his two albums took over the #1 and #2 spot on Amazon
's Hot 100 Sales Chart simultaneously.
Perlmutter put together a touring group to perform with orchestras. The group featured Elin Carlson, soprano
; Susan Boyd, alto
; Jonathan Mack, tenor
and Jon Joyce, bass
. A breakthrough came in May 2006, when Perlmutter and Beethoven's Wig
performed to a sold out audience at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
.
The next year, Perlmutter released "Beethoven's Wig: Read Along Symphonies," a children's book illustrated by Maria Rosetti
. He also co-produced "Hear and Gone In Sixty Seconds," featuring one minute songs by some of the top recording artists in children's music, including Grammy Award
winners Bill Harley
, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Winners Tom Paxton
and Ella Jenkins
. The album won 8 National Awards.
In 2006 Perlmutter released Beethoven's Wig 3, a concept album in which each song featured lyrics set to a classical composition highlighting a different instrument. Then in 2008, he released Beethoven's Wig 4, another concept album in which each song featured lyrics for classical pieces written for dances and marches. Perlmutter co-produced the album with Michael Geiger, a bass in the Los Angeles Opera
, who has also sung on three of the Beethoven's Wig
albums. In 2011, the first “Beethoven’s Wig Songbook” was published by Alfred Music Publishing. The songbook is collection of all the songs from the first Beethoven’s Wig album in a piano/vocal edition for pianists of early intermediate level and above.
To date, the Beethoven's Wig
series has won a record 46 National Awards. And each one of the four Beethoven's Wig
albums has received a Nomination for a Grammy Award
for Best Musical Album for Children. Perlmutter continues to perform with his group of four Beethoven's Wig
singers.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, singer, producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
. He was born in Newark, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
and raised in Plainfield, New Jersey
Plainfield, New Jersey
Plainfield is a city in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population increased to a record high of 49,808....
.
He is best known as the creator, writer, lead singer and producer of Beethoven's Wig
Beethoven's Wig
Beethoven's Wig is a vocal group that sings lyrics written to the greatest hits of classical music. Created by lyricist, lead singer and producer Richard Perlmutter, the group has been a featured performer with numerous symphony orchestras. Beethoven's Wig has recorded four albums.Each...
, a vocal group that performs with symphony orchestras and has recorded four albums. Beethoven's Wig songs feature Perlmutter's lyrics set to the greatest hits of classical music. The lyrics often refer to the pieces or their composers.
The four Beethoven's Wig
Beethoven's Wig
Beethoven's Wig is a vocal group that sings lyrics written to the greatest hits of classical music. Created by lyricist, lead singer and producer Richard Perlmutter, the group has been a featured performer with numerous symphony orchestras. Beethoven's Wig has recorded four albums.Each...
albums have each received a nomination for a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Children's Album and three of them have also been named American Library Association
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
Notable Recordings. In all, the albums have won 46 National awards.
Perlmutter has also recorded two solo albums and has produced albums for the Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
winning group Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek was an American progressive acoustic music trio consisting of Chris Thile , Sara Watkins and Sean Watkins . The band was founded in 1989 and released 6 albums between 1993 and 2006...
, and for Victoria Jackson
Victoria Jackson
Victoria Jackson is an American comedian, actress, satirist and singer best known as a cast member of the NBC television sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1992....
, former cast member on Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
.
Perlmutter is married and has three children. He lives in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
.
Early career
After earning degrees from Cornell UniversityCornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1877. Located at the base of College Hill, the RISD campus is contiguous with the Brown University campus. The two institutions share social, academic, and community resources and...
, and Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, and then teaching at Yale, Perlmutter formed Radio Play, a commercial production company. He wrote and produced radio commercials and music for radio and TV. Clients included Hertz
Hertz
The hertz is the SI unit of frequency defined as the number of cycles per second of a periodic phenomenon. One of its most common uses is the description of the sine wave, particularly those used in radio and audio applications....
, Hewlett Packard, Traveler's Insurance, Ringling Bros., Hunt's Foods, Sprint
Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel Corporation is an American telecommunications company based in Overland Park, Kansas. The company owns and operates Sprint, the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, with 53.4 million customers, behind Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility...
, NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
TV, and Olive Garden
Olive Garden
Olive Garden is an American restaurant chain specializing in Italian-American cuisine. It is a subsidiary of Darden Restaurants, Inc., which is headquartered in an unincorporated area in Orange County, Florida, near Orlando. Olive Garden operates more than 730 locations globally.- History :The...
. His radio commercials won numerous advertising awards including the International Broadcasting Award, Mobius
MOBIUS
MOBIUS is a consortium of libraries in Missouri, United States.The MOBIUS Consortium Office is a Missouri not-for-profit corporation established in 1998 by 50 libraries representing Missouri colleges and universities...
Award, New York Festivals Award, and Clio Award Finalist. As a founding partner of the Woo Agency, in Culver City, California
Culver City, California
Culver City is a city in western Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 38,883, up from 38,816 at the 2000 census. It is mostly surrounded by the city of Los Angeles, but also shares a border with unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. Culver...
, he expanded into producing television commercials and print advertising. Perlmutter served as Creative Director at the agency, writing and producing work for clients included Gold's Gym
Gold's Gym
Gold's Gym International, Inc. is an international chain of co-ed fitness centers originally started in California by Joe Gold. Each gym features a wide array of exercise equipment, group exercise classes and personal trainers to assist clients...
, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, and Good Guys. He left the agency in 2003.
Solo Music Career
Perlmutter's musical career as an artist and producer began in 1992 when he recorded his first album "Tin Pan Alley Songs for Children." He then co-founded Choo Choo Records with producer and musician Charlotte Lansberg. The two discovered the Grammy AwardGrammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
winning band Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek was an American progressive acoustic music trio consisting of Chris Thile , Sara Watkins and Sean Watkins . The band was founded in 1989 and released 6 albums between 1993 and 2006...
performing at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles, and recorded their first commercial release "Little Cowpoke." The team also produced an album for Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
cast member Victoria Jackson
Victoria Jackson
Victoria Jackson is an American comedian, actress, satirist and singer best known as a cast member of the NBC television sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1992....
called "Ukelele Lady" and a second album for Perlmutter called "Hot Diggity." During the early 1990s, Perlmutter performed with his backup band the Shining Pearls.
Beethoven's Wig
In 2002 Perlmutter released his first Beethoven's WigBeethoven's Wig
Beethoven's Wig is a vocal group that sings lyrics written to the greatest hits of classical music. Created by lyricist, lead singer and producer Richard Perlmutter, the group has been a featured performer with numerous symphony orchestras. Beethoven's Wig has recorded four albums.Each...
album on Rounder Records
Rounder Records
Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts, but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students...
. A week after its release, Perlmutter was featured on NPR
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
's "All Things Considered," and then appeared on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's Today Show. The album shot to #6 on Amazon
Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...
's Hot 100 Sales Chart and held the #1 position on both the Amazon
Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...
Classical and Children's Music Sales Charts for four months.
Pulse magazine
Pulse magazine
Pulse magazine is a weekly publication for general practitioners in the United Kingdom.It publishes news, features and comment pieces on clinical, political and financial issues relevant to GPs working in primary care. It is published in London by UBM Medica, a subsidiary of United Business Media,...
called Beethoven's Wig
Beethoven's Wig
Beethoven's Wig is a vocal group that sings lyrics written to the greatest hits of classical music. Created by lyricist, lead singer and producer Richard Perlmutter, the group has been a featured performer with numerous symphony orchestras. Beethoven's Wig has recorded four albums.Each...
, "Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!" The LA Times said it was, "an irreverent approach to music appreciation." US News and World Report said, "Perlmutter's got goofball charm...the lyrics are truly hilarious!"
Over the next year, Beethoven's Wig
Beethoven's Wig
Beethoven's Wig is a vocal group that sings lyrics written to the greatest hits of classical music. Created by lyricist, lead singer and producer Richard Perlmutter, the group has been a featured performer with numerous symphony orchestras. Beethoven's Wig has recorded four albums.Each...
received 15 national awards including a Grammy Nomination for Best Musical Album for Children, and a Parent's Choice Award. It was also designated an American Library Association
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
Notable Recording.
When "Beethoven's Wig 2" was released in 2004, Perlmutter appeared on NPR
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
's "Morning Edition," and his two albums took over the #1 and #2 spot on Amazon
Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...
's Hot 100 Sales Chart simultaneously.
Perlmutter put together a touring group to perform with orchestras. The group featured Elin Carlson, soprano
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
; Susan Boyd, alto
Alto
Alto is a musical term, derived from the Latin word altus, meaning "high" in Italian, that has several possible interpretations.When designating instruments, "alto" frequently refers to a member of an instrumental family that has the second highest range, below that of the treble or soprano. Hence,...
; Jonathan Mack, tenor
Tenor
The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...
and Jon Joyce, bass
Bass (voice type)
A bass is a type of male singing voice and possesses the lowest vocal range of all voice types. According to The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, a bass is typically classified as having a range extending from around the second E below middle C to the E above middle C...
. A breakthrough came in May 2006, when Perlmutter and Beethoven's Wig
Beethoven's Wig
Beethoven's Wig is a vocal group that sings lyrics written to the greatest hits of classical music. Created by lyricist, lead singer and producer Richard Perlmutter, the group has been a featured performer with numerous symphony orchestras. Beethoven's Wig has recorded four albums.Each...
performed to a sold out audience at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is a professional American symphony orchestra based in Baltimore, Maryland.In September 2007, Maestra Marin Alsop led her inaugural concerts as the Orchestra’s twelfth music director, making her the first woman to head a major American orchestra.The BSO Board...
.
The next year, Perlmutter released "Beethoven's Wig: Read Along Symphonies," a children's book illustrated by Maria Rosetti
Maria Rosetti
Maria Rosetti was an English-born Wallachian and Romanian political activist, journalist, essayist, philanthropist and socialite. The sister of British diplomat Effingham Grant and wife of radical leader C. A. Rosetti, she played an active part in the Wallachian Revolution of 1848...
. He also co-produced "Hear and Gone In Sixty Seconds," featuring one minute songs by some of the top recording artists in children's music, including Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
winners Bill Harley
Bill Harley
Bill Harley is a children's entertainer and storyteller who has been called "the Mark Twain of contemporary children's music" by Entertainment Weekly. He uses a range of musical styles and appeals to children and adults with quirky, heart-filled lyrics...
, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Winners Tom Paxton
Tom Paxton
Thomas Richard Paxton is an American folk singer and singer-songwriter who has been writing, performing and recording music for over forty years...
and Ella Jenkins
Ella Jenkins
Ella Jenkins is an American folk singer. Dubbed “The First Lady of the Children’s Folk Song” by the Wisconsin State Journal, Jenkins has been a leading performer of children’s music for fifty years.-Family and personal life:...
. The album won 8 National Awards.
In 2006 Perlmutter released Beethoven's Wig 3, a concept album in which each song featured lyrics set to a classical composition highlighting a different instrument. Then in 2008, he released Beethoven's Wig 4, another concept album in which each song featured lyrics for classical pieces written for dances and marches. Perlmutter co-produced the album with Michael Geiger, a bass in the Los Angeles Opera
Los Angeles Opera
The Los Angeles Opera is an opera company in Los Angeles, California. It is the fourth largest opera company in the United States. The company's home base is the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, part of the Los Angeles Music Center.-Current leadership:...
, who has also sung on three of the Beethoven's Wig
Beethoven's Wig
Beethoven's Wig is a vocal group that sings lyrics written to the greatest hits of classical music. Created by lyricist, lead singer and producer Richard Perlmutter, the group has been a featured performer with numerous symphony orchestras. Beethoven's Wig has recorded four albums.Each...
albums. In 2011, the first “Beethoven’s Wig Songbook” was published by Alfred Music Publishing. The songbook is collection of all the songs from the first Beethoven’s Wig album in a piano/vocal edition for pianists of early intermediate level and above.
To date, the Beethoven's Wig
Beethoven's Wig
Beethoven's Wig is a vocal group that sings lyrics written to the greatest hits of classical music. Created by lyricist, lead singer and producer Richard Perlmutter, the group has been a featured performer with numerous symphony orchestras. Beethoven's Wig has recorded four albums.Each...
series has won a record 46 National Awards. And each one of the four Beethoven's Wig
Beethoven's Wig
Beethoven's Wig is a vocal group that sings lyrics written to the greatest hits of classical music. Created by lyricist, lead singer and producer Richard Perlmutter, the group has been a featured performer with numerous symphony orchestras. Beethoven's Wig has recorded four albums.Each...
albums has received a Nomination for a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Musical Album for Children. Perlmutter continues to perform with his group of four Beethoven's Wig
Beethoven's Wig
Beethoven's Wig is a vocal group that sings lyrics written to the greatest hits of classical music. Created by lyricist, lead singer and producer Richard Perlmutter, the group has been a featured performer with numerous symphony orchestras. Beethoven's Wig has recorded four albums.Each...
singers.
Awards
- Grammy AwardGrammy AwardA Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
Nomination: Best Musical Album for Children (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008) - American Library AssociationAmerican Library AssociationThe American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
Notable Recording (2003, 2005, 2009) - ALA Booklist, Editor's Choice (2002, 2004, 2008)
- Parents Choice Award (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
- NAPPANappaNappa may refer to:*Nappa , a character in Dragon Ball media*Nappa cabbage or napa cabbage, a type of Chinese cabbage*Nappa leather, a full-grain leather*Nappa, North Yorkshire, England*Nappa, Finland, a village in northern Kymenlaakso...
Award (2002, 2004, 2006) - Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award (2003, 2005, 2009)
- Film Advisory BoardFilm Advisory BoardThe Film Advisory Board, Inc. is a member-supported organization founded in 1975 by Elayne Blythe . The FAB's "Award of Excellence" was developed to award quality family-oriented and children's entertainment in both print and electronic media.The second division of FAB is the FAB Ratings System...
Award of Excellence (2003)
Solo Albums
- Tin Pan Alley Songs for Children (Choo Choo Records, 1992)
- Hot Diggity (Choo Choo Records, 1996)
Beethoven's Wig
- Beethoven's Wig (Rounder RecordsRounder RecordsRounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts, but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students...
, 2002) - Beethoven's Wig 2: More Sing Along Symphonies (Rounder Records, 2004)
- Beethoven's Wig 3: Many More Sing Along Symphonies (Rounder Records, 2006)
- Beethoven's Wig 4: Dance Along Symphonies (Rounder Records, 2008)
As Producer
- Little Cowpoke (Nickel CreekNickel CreekNickel Creek was an American progressive acoustic music trio consisting of Chris Thile , Sara Watkins and Sean Watkins . The band was founded in 1989 and released 6 albums between 1993 and 2006...
, Choo Choo Records, 1993) - Ukelele Lady (Victoria JacksonVictoria JacksonVictoria Jackson is an American comedian, actress, satirist and singer best known as a cast member of the NBC television sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1992....
, Choo Choo Records, 1994) - Hear And Gone in 60 Seconds (Various Artists, Rounder RecordsRounder RecordsRounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts, but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students...
, 2003)
Books
- Beethoven's Wig: Read Along Symphonies (Illustrated by Maria RosettiMaria RosettiMaria Rosetti was an English-born Wallachian and Romanian political activist, journalist, essayist, philanthropist and socialite. The sister of British diplomat Effingham Grant and wife of radical leader C. A. Rosetti, she played an active part in the Wallachian Revolution of 1848...
, Rounder Books, 2005) - Beethoven's Wig Songbook: Piano/Vocal Edition (Alfred Music Publishing, 2011)