Portrait of P. D. Q. Bach was released in 1977 on Vanguard Records

Vanguard Records

Vanguard Records is a record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. It started as a classical label, but is perhaps best known for its catalogue of recordings by a number of pivotal folk and blues artists from the 1960s; the Bach Guild was a subsidiary...

. The album features mostly the work of Peter Schickele

Peter Schickele

Johann Peter Schickele is an American composer, musical educator, and parodist. He is best known for his comedy music albums featuring his music that he presents as music written by the fictional composer P. D. Q...

 writing as P. D. Q. Bach

P. D. Q. Bach

P. D. Q. Bach is a fictitious composer invented by musical satirist "Professor" Peter Schickele. In a gag that Schickele has developed over a five-decade-long career, he performs "discovered" works of this forgotten member of the Bach family...

, 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 bloto
• Ranson 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

1. Introduction (1:50)

Missa Hilarious, S. N₂O (P.D.Q. Bach)

2. Yriekay (4:53)

3. Gloria (3:02)

4. Credo (3:47)

5. Sanctus (3:49)

6. Angus Dei (3:49)

7. Introduction (:28)

8. Eine Kleine Nichtmusik (Prof. Schickele) (11:45)

• Allegro
• Romanze
• Menuetto
• Rondo (Allegro)

9. Introduction (1:28)

10. Echo Sonata for Two Unfriendly Groups of Instruments

Echo Sonata for Two Unfriendly Groups of Instruments

The Echo Sonata for Two Unfriendly Groups of Instruments is a satirical instrumental work written by Peter Schickele under the pseudonym of P.D.Q...

, S. 9999999999 (P.D.Q. Bach) (2:14)

11. Introduction (1:02)

12. A Consort of Choral Christmas Carols, S. 359 (P.D.Q. Bach) (6:29)

• "Throw the Yule Log On, Uncle John"
• "O Little Town of Hackensack"
• "Good King Kong Looked Out"

External links

1. Complete list of music parodied in Eine Kleine Nichtmusik