Portrait of P. D. Q. Bach
Portrait of P. D. Q. Bach | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1977 | |||
Genre | Classical Comedy | |||
Length | 44:36 | |||
Label | Vanguard Records | |||
P. D. Q. Bach chronology | ||||
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Portrait of P. D. Q. Bach was released in 1977 on Vanguard Records. The album features mostly the work of Peter Schickele writing as P. D. Q. Bach, with one contribution under his own name.
Performers
- The New York Pick-Up Ensemble, Professor Peter Schickele, conductor
- John Ferrante, bargain counter tenor
- Harris Poor, basso blotto
- Ransom Wilson and Diva Goodfriend-Koven, tape recorders, hand flutes, corrugahorn, nose flutes
- Early Anderson, trombonus interruptus
- Duh Brooklyn Boys Chorus, James McCarthy, director
- John Solum, flute
- Leonard Arner, oboe
- Lorin Glickman, bassoon
- Theodore Weis, trumpet
- William G. Brown, French horn
- Neal Di Biase, trombone
Track listing
- Introduction (1:50)
- Missa Hilarious, S. N2O
- Yriekay (4:53)
- Gloria (3:02)
- Credo (3:47)
- Sanctus (3:49)
- Angus Dei (3:49)
- Introduction (:28)
- Eine Kleine Nichtmusik (Schickele) (11:45)
- Allegro
- Romanze
- Menuetto
- Rondo (Allegro)
- Introduction (1:28)
- Echo Sonata for Two Unfriendly Groups of Instruments, S. 99999999 (2:14)
- Introduction (1:02)
- A Consort of Choral Christmas Carols, S. 359 (6:29)
- "Throw the Yule Log On, Uncle John"
- "O Little Town of Hackensack"
- "Good King Kong Looked Out"
Eine Kleine Nichtmusik
Eine Kleine Nichtmusik ("A Little Not Music") is a quodlibet consisting of Mozart's work Eine kleine Nachtmusik played in its entirety, along with snippets of dozens of famous tunes heard in counterpoint throughout the piece, taken from both American folk music and the classical repertoire.[1]
Sources
- Portrait of P.D.Q. Bach, schickele.com
Notes
- ^ The Key of P. D. Q. Bach
External links
- Complete list of music parodied in Eine Kleine Nichtmusik
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- An Hysteric Return (1966)
- Report from Hoople: P. D. Q. Bach on the Air (1967)
- The Stoned Guest (1970)
- The Wurst of P. D. Q. Bach (1971)
- The Intimate P. D. Q. Bach (1974)
- Portrait of P. D. Q. Bach (1977)
- Black Forest Bluegrass (1979)
- Liebeslieder Polkas (1980)
- Music You Can't Get Out of Your Head (1982)
- A Little Nightmare Music (1983)
- 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults (1989)
- Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities (1990)
- WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio (1991)
- Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion (1992)
- Two Pianos Are Better Than One (1994)
- The Short-Tempered Clavier and other dysfunctional works for keyboard (1995)
- The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection (1996)
- The Ill-Conceived P. D. Q. Bach Anthology (1998)
- The Jekyll and Hyde Tour (2007)
- The Abduction of Figaro (1984)
- P. D. Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem! (2006)
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