Peter Schickele
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American composer, musical educator, and parodist (1935-2024)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1935
- Works
- 26
Top works
- Thurber's Dogs - Voices from the Gallery
- Little Suite for Autumn
- Oh! Calcutta!
- The weasel symphony
- The birth of Christ, from the York cycle of medieval English mystery plays
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Film & TV
Ames, Iowa, USA
Peter Schickele (July 17, 1935 – January 16, 2024) was an American bassoonist and composer. He created fictional composer P. D. Q. Bach, which earned him four consecutive Grammy Awards for Best Comedy Album (1990 - 1993).
Known for
- P.D.Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem! — Professor Peter Schickele2006
- Where the Wild Things Are... and other Maurice Sendak Stories2001
- The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued — Self2000
- In The Night Kitchen — Narrator1987
- P.D.Q. Bach: The Abduction of Figaro — Himself (Orchestra Conductor)1984
- The Captain and Tennille — Self - Guest1976
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7,865
- Total plays
- 61,156
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Peter Schickele is a composer who wrote a series of satirical classical pieces under the fictitious pseudonym P.D.Q. Bach. While he's written music under his own name, he is best known for his fictional Bach character. For More Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Schickele http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._D._Q._Bach http://www.last.fm/music/P.D.Q.+Bach <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Peter+Schickele">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Ames
- Place of death
- Bearsville
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Juilliard School
- Employer
- Juilliard School
- Field of work
- musicology
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- bassoon
- Record label
- Telarc International Corporation
- Official website
- www.schickele.com
- Image
- Peter Schickele.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1935-07-17
- pseudonym
- P. D. Q. Bach
- Commons category
- Peter Schickele
- date of death
- 2024-01-16
- number of viewers/listeners
- 572244
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