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Peter Schickele

American composer, musical educator, and parodist

Johann Peter Schickele (July 17, 1935 – January 16, 2024) was an American composer, musical educator and parodist, best known for comedy albums featuring his music, which he presented as being composed by the fictional P. D. Q. Bach. He also hosted a long-running weekly radio program called Schickele Mix.

From 1990 to 1993, Schickele's P. D. Q. Bach recordings earned him four consecutive wins for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.

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Works

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  • "Dutch" Suite, S. -16: I. Mr. Minuit's Minuet (feat. bassoon: David McGill, tuba: Ronald Bishop)
  • "Dutch" Suite, S. -16: II. Panther Dance (feat. bassoon: David McGill, tuba: Ronald Bishop)
  • "Dutch" Suite, S. -16: III. Dance of the Grand Dams (feat. bassoon: David McGill, tuba: Ronald Bishop)
  • "Dutch" Suite, S. -16: IV. The Lowland Fling (feat. bassoon: David McGill, tuba: Ronald Bishop)
  • 'Listen Here, Tyrannosaurus Rex'
  • 1712 Overture, S. 1712
  • Bach Portrait
  • Chaconne à son Goût
  • Classical Rap (S.1-2-3)
  • Closing
  • Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
  • Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra: I. Dawn
  • Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra: II. Out on the Dance Floor
  • Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra: III. Aria
  • Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra: IV. Finale
  • Concerto for Two Pianos vs. Orchestra - I. Shake allegro
  • Concerto for Two Pianos vs. Orchestra - II. Andante alighieri
  • Concerto for Two Pianos vs. Orchestra - III. Presto changio
  • Cyndi (Two Songs #2)
  • D'Indy's Turkey (Two Rounds #2)
  • Das kleines Birdie
  • Der Cowboykönig
  • Door Prize Scene / Fanfare for Fred
  • Drifting
  • Driving Crazy
  • Enough Already
  • Es war ein dark und shtormy Night
  • Exchanges of Information
  • Four Folk Song Upsettings (S.4): Little Bunny Hop Hop Hop
  • Funeral Oration From "Julius Caesar"
  • Gardens
  • Gardens: I. Morning
  • Gardens: II. Noon
  • Gardens: III. Night
  • Getting Ready
  • Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds & Percussion, S. 1000: I. Grand Entrance
  • Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds & Percussion, S. 1000: II. Simply Grand Minuet
  • Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds & Percussion, S. 1000: III. Romance in the Grand Manner
  • Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds & Percussion, S. 1000: IV. Rondo Mucho Grando
  • Gretchen am Spincycle
  • Hamlet's Soliloquy
  • Heidi McKinley (Two Rounds #1)
  • I Don’t Have a Song to Sing
  • I Like the Look
  • I Want It
  • If Love Is Real (Two Songs #1)
  • Introduction
  • Introduction to Cyndi
  • Introduction to O Serpent
  • Introduction to Songs From Shakespeare
  • Introduction: Classical Rap
  • Introduction: Four Folk Song Upsettings
  • Introduction: Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Wind and Percussion
  • Introduction: Love Me
  • Introduction: Minuet Militaire
  • Introduction: Oedipus Tex
  • Introduction: The Musical Sacrifice
  • Introduction: The Short-Tempered Clavier
  • Jonah’s Song
  • Juliet's Soliloquy
  • Last Tango in Beyreuth (feat. Tennessee Bassoon Quartet)
  • Liebeslieder Polkas for Mixed Chorus and Piano Five Hands, S. 2/4: Farewell, Ungrateful Traitor
  • Liebeslieder Polkas for Mixed Chorus and Piano Five Hands, S. 2/4: Interlude
  • Liebeslieder Polkas for Mixed Chorus and Piano Five Hands, S. 2/4: It Was a Lover and His Lass
  • Liebeslieder Polkas for Mixed Chorus and Piano Five Hands, S. 2/4: Song to Celia
  • Liebeslieder Polkas for Mixed Chorus and Piano Five Hands, S. 2/4: The Constant Lover
  • Liebeslieder Polkas for Mixed Chorus and Piano Five Hands, S. 2/4: The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
  • Liebeslieder Polkas for Mixed Chorus and Piano Five Hands, S. 2/4: To His Coy Mistress
  • Liebeslieder Polkas for Mixed Chorus and Piano Five Hands, S. 2/4: To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
  • Liebeslieder Polkas for Mixed Chorus and Piano Five Hands, S. 2/4: Who Is Silvia?
  • Liebeslieder Polkas for Mixed Chorus and Piano Five Hands, S. 2/4: Why So Pale and Wan Fond Lover?
  • Lip My Reeds, S. 32' (feat. Tennessee Bassoon Quartet)
  • London
  • Long Live the King
  • Love Me
  • March of the Cute Little Wood Sprites, S. Onesy Twosy
  • Minuet Militaire, S. 1A
  • No Turning Back
  • O Serpent
  • Oedipus Tex My Heart
  • Oedipus Tex: Aria with chorus: 'Howdy There'
  • Oedipus Tex: Chorale and Finale
  • Oedipus Tex: Recitative: "When Oedipus Heard"
  • Oedipus Tex: Recitative: 'It Wasn't Long'
  • Old Welsh Song
  • Oo-La-La Introduction
  • Oo-La-La: Cookin' French Like the French Cook French
  • Pentangle, Five Songs for French Horn and Orchestra
  • Pentangle: I. Cottonwood Grove
  • Pentangle: II. Tom on the Town
  • Pentangle: III. Noonsong
  • Pentangle: IV. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Amazing and Amusing Professor Presto
  • Pentangle: V. The Riddling Knight
  • Quartet for Violin, Clarinet, Cello and Piano
  • Quartet for Violin, Clarinet, Cello and Piano: I. Moderate, flowing
  • Quartet for Violin, Clarinet, Cello and Piano: II. Fast, driving
  • Quartet for Violin, Clarinet, Cello and Piano: III. Slow, elegiac
  • Quartet for Violin, Clarinet, Cello and Piano: IV. Quite fast, dancing
  • Quintet no. 1 for Piano and Strings
  • Quintet no. 1 for Piano and Strings: I. Prelude
  • Quintet no. 1 for Piano and Strings: II. Intermezzo
  • Quintet no. 1 for Piano and Strings: III. Elegy
  • Quintet no. 1 for Piano and Strings: IV. Finale
  • Quodlibet for Small Orchestra
  • Quodlibet for Small Orchestra: Adagio
  • Quodlibet for Small Orchestra: Allegro
  • Rejoice in the Sun
  • Rejoice in the Sun (instrumental)
  • Rejoice in the Sun (reprise)
  • Saturn
  • Silent Running
  • Sincere Replies
  • Six Contrary Dances, S. 39: I. Maestoso animoso
  • Six Contrary Dances, S. 39: III. Allegro, but not too mucho
  • Six Contrary Dances, S. 39: IV. Molto moderato
  • Spring Forward
  • Spring Forward: I. Reawakening
  • Spring Forward: II. Cantilena
  • String Quartet no. 1 "American Dreams"
  • String Quartet no. 1 "American Dreams": I. Opening Diptych
  • String Quartet no. 1 "American Dreams": III. Music at Dawn
  • String Quartet no. 5 "A Year in the Country": IV. At John Burroughs' Grave in Roxbury
  • String Quartet no. 5 "A Year in the Country": V. Leaves
  • Tending to Huey
  • The Mule
  • The Musical Sacrifice - III. Three Canons
  • The Musical Sacrifice - IV. Chaorale Prelude: "Da kommt ja der Schurke"
  • The Musical Sacrifice - VI. The Grossest Fugue
  • The Short-Tempered Clavier: I. C major (S. 3.14159, easy as)
  • Trio (sic) Sonata - II. Mezzo
  • Trio (sic) Sonata - III. Intermezzo
  • Trio (sic) Sonata - IV. I'Altro Mezzo
  • Twelve Quite Heavenly Songs (Arie Proprio Zodicale), S. 16: Aries ("Once there was a sheep")
  • Twelve Quite Heavenly Songs (Arie Proprio Zodicale), S. 16: Cancer ("Henry the crab")
  • Twelve Quite Heavenly Songs (Arie Proprio Zodicale), S. 16: Leo ("Now Leo the lion")
  • Twelve Quite Heavenly Songs (Arie Proprio Zodicale), S. 16: Libra ("Scales are very handy")
  • Twelve Quite Heavenly Songs (Arie Proprio Zodicale), S. 16: Sagittarius ("Come all ye lads and lasses")
  • Twelve Quite Heavenly Songs (Arie Proprio Zodicale), S. 16: Scorpio ("When the Lord was handing weapons out")
  • Twelve Quite Heavenly Songs (Arie Proprio Zodicale), S. 16: Virgo ("Virginia, fairest Virginia")
  • Windows: 2. Cantilena
  • “Unbegun” Symphony
  • “Unbegun” Symphony: Andante—Allegro
  • “Unbegun” Symphony: Minuet