What would composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, or Rachmaninoff have done if theyhad arranged Dust in the Wind for solo piano? Would Bach have penned a prelude or minuet?Would Chopin have crafted a nocturne ormazurka? What about Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Bartok?

Here are 16 pop songs, arranged for piano solo, as if covered by the likes of these music giants. Thefocus is on classic accompaniment styles, devices, figurations and forms, thecompositional hallmarksof centuries of great m...