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Aug 12, 1977 · The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach. Paperback – August 12, 1977. In this long-awaited hoax, possibly the most unimportant piece of scholarship in over two thousand years, Professor Peter Schickele has finally succeeded in ripping the veil of obscurity from the most unusual -- to put it kindly -- composer in the history of music: P.D.Q ...
The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach (1807–1742)? is a book by Prof. Peter Schickele chronicling the life of fictitious composer P. D. Q. Bach.
- Peter Schickele
- 1976
About Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach. What little-known son of a famous genius has been called: "A musical blight" "A one-man plague" "History’s most justifiably neglected composer" "The worst musician ever to trod organ pedals" "A pimple on the face of music"
- Peter Schickele
- Paperback
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This is the hilarious fictional biography of perhaps the most infamous fictional character ever created in music history. Anyone who has gone through a traditional classical musical education will find themselves laughing out loud at many points in this book, and if you've been lucky enough to have seen any of Dr. Schickele's P.D.Q. Bach concerts, in will be doubly funny as you get a look ...
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Feb 5, 2014 · PeterSchickele is a composer, musician, and author. He studied at Swarthmore and Julliard. Over the course of his career, he has composed more than 100 works, varying from symphonies to film and television scores. His published works include The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q Bach. He lives with his wife in New York.
Peter Schickele. In this long-awaited hoax, possibly the most unimportant piece of scholarship in over two thousand years, Professor Peter Schickele has finally succeeded in ripping the veil of obscurity from the most unusual -- to put it kindly -- composer in the history of music: P.D.Q. Bach, the last and unquestionably the least of the great ...
