Peter Schickele, although an accomplished composer, musicologist, performer, and radio host, is better known for "discovering" the musical works of P.D.Q. Bach, the fictional last and least son of J.S.…
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Album Highlights

P.D.Q. Bach: 1712 Overture & Other Musical Assaults 1989 P.D.Q. Bach: 1712 Overture & Other Musical Assaults
 
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P.D.Q. Bach: The Short-Tempered Clavier and Other Dysfunctional Works for Keyboard 1995 P.D.Q. Bach: The Short-Tempered Clavier and Other Dysfunctional Works for Keyboard
 
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Composition Highlights

Title Year Avg. Duration Genre
Last Tango in Bayreuth, for bassoon quartet 02:43 Chamber Music
Quartet for clarinet, violin, cello & piano 1982 19:56 Chamber Music
String Quartet No. 1 ("American Dreams") 1983 26:33 Chamber Music
String Quartet No. 5 ("A Year in the Country") 1998 25:55 Chamber Music
Sextet, for 2 violins, 2 violas & 2 cellos 1990 25:05 Chamber Music
Pleasant Song No. 2 01:19 Chamber Music
Piano Quintet No. 2 1997 26:22 Chamber Music
Pleasant Song No. 1 01:12 Chamber Music
Piano Quintet No. 1 1996 14:49 Chamber Music
String Quartet No. 2 ("In Memoriam") 1988 22:29 Chamber Music
Windows for viola, flute or clarinet & guitar 1966 05:54 Chamber Music
Bach Portrait for speaker & orchestra 14:36 Miscellaneous (Classical)
Dances for Three, for 3 clarinets 1980 14:24 Chamber Music
Bestiary, musical theater piece for renaissance ensemble, Nos 1-10 (complete) 1982 24:46 Show/Musical
Brass Calendar 14:14 Chamber Music
Variations on a Joke (from the opening of Mozart's A Musical Joke) 04:50
Concerto for oboe and orchestra 22:32 Concerto
A Little Mosey Music 03:01 Chamber Music
A Zoo Called Earth 17:08 Miscellaneous (Classical)
Piano Concerto No.2 in F major (Olé) 07:53 Concerto
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Peter Schickele
photo credit: Peter Schaaf

Peter Schickele - Artist Details

Musical Period

20th Century, Contemporary

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Also Known As

Johann Peter Schickele
P.D.Q. Bach
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