P.D.Q. Bach United States

Biography

P. D. Q. Bach is the pseudonym under which "Professor" Peter Schickele has written a substantial body of satirical music, recorded on the Vanguard and Telarc labels. The music combines takeoffs on musicological scholarship, the conventions of Baroque and Classical music, and a certain amount of slapstick comedy. Among the many "facts" about the composer's life in Schickele's fictional biography of the composer,[1] we find the following: P. D. Q.

Popular Songs

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  The Short-Tempered Clavier: Opening & Introduction

  The Short-Tempered Clavier and Other Dysfunctional Works for Keyboard
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  The Short-Tempered Clavier: I. C major

  The Short-Tempered Clavier and Other Dysfunctional Works for Keyboard
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  The Short-Tempered Clavier: II. C minor

  The Short-Tempered Clavier and Other Dysfunctional Works for Keyboard
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  The Short-Tempered Clavier: III. C-sharp major

  The Short-Tempered Clavier and Other Dysfunctional Works for Keyboard
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  The Short-Tempered Clavier: III. C-sharp major

  The Short-Tempered Clavier and Other Dysfunctional Works for Keyboard

Discography

The Jekyll & Hyde Tour

2007

The Short-Tempered Clavier and Other Dysfunctional Works for Keyboard

1995

Two Pianos are Better than One

1994

Music for an Awful Lot of Winds & Percussion (Turtle Mountain Naval Base Tactical Wind Ensemble feat. conductor: Peter Schickele)

1992

WTWP Classical Talkity-talk Radio

1991

Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities

1990

1712 Overture & Other Musical Assaults

1989

A Little Nightmare Music

1983

Liebeslieder Polkas

1980

Black Forest Bluegrass

1979

Portrait of P.D.Q. Bach

1977