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American composer, musical educator, and parodist (born 1935)
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2024-02-04 07:00:00
[Peter Schickele is best known as the delightfully clever musical humorist, promoter, presenter, and curator of the works of PDQ Bach, the “last and least” of Johann Sebastian’s children. But he also was a more or less serious composer whose works are available on several recordings, including this one, which we offer as a repost […]
2024-02-03 22:45:00
[…] from the filmed 1987 Broadway production, so that the music stays reasonably close to an unchanging beat, which means I could easily drop in other beats and sound effects. Although I should probably re-edit to turn down the drums a little, I think this is pretty fun! As an epilogue, I'll note that the great musical humorist Peter Schickele (inventor of PDQ Bach, etc.) passed away recently. As I've thought about his legacy, I thought about how much he and Victor Borge and Igudesman and Joo and Two Set Violin all benefit from the generally ultra-serious attitude with which those in the classical music world think of "playing" music (even music intended to be lighthearted). All of these comedians have become popular and established enough that their audiences take great delight in the […]
2024-02-03 08:00:00
[Peter Schickele is best known as the delightfully clever musical humorist, promoter, presenter, and curator of the works of PDQ Bach, the “last and least” of Johann Sebastian’s children. But he also was a more or less serious composer whose works are available on several recordings, including this one, which we offer as a repost […]
2024-02-03 06:00:00
[Peter Schickele is best known as the delightfully clever musical humorist, promoter, presenter, and curator of the works of PDQ Bach, the “last and least” of Johann Sebastian’s children. But he also was a more or less serious composer whose works are available on several recordings, including this one, which we offer as a repost […]
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