The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection is a collection of works by 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...

 under the pseudonym of 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...

 originally recorded on the 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...

 label by the composer. It includes the complete contents of the first five 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...

 albums, plus the never-before-released "Sanka" Cantata.

Track listing

Disc One
1. In the Vanguard Vault, Part 1 (new track)

2-19. Peter Schickele Presents an Evening with P. D. Q. Bach (1807-1742?)

Peter Schickele Presents an Evening with P. D. Q. Bach (1807-1742?)

Peter Schickele Presents an Evening with P. D. Q. Bach was the first concert and also the first release of the music of Peter Schickele under his comical pseudonym of P. D. Q. Bach by Vanguard Records. The Chamber Orchestra was conducted by Jorge Mester...

20-31. An Hysteric Return: P.D.Q. Bach at Carnegie Hall

An Hysteric Return: P.D.Q. Bach at Carnegie Hall

An Hysteric Return: P.D.Q. Bach at Carnegie Hall is live recording of a P. D. Q. Bach concert in Carnegie Hall and was released on Vanguard Records in 1966.-Performers:*Professor Peter Schickele, bicycle, windbreaker, tromboon*The Royal P.D.Q...

Disc Two
1-9. An Hysteric Return

An Hysteric Return: P.D.Q. Bach at Carnegie Hall

An Hysteric Return: P.D.Q. Bach at Carnegie Hall is live recording of a P. D. Q. Bach concert in Carnegie Hall and was released on Vanguard Records in 1966.-Performers:*Professor Peter Schickele, bicycle, windbreaker, tromboon*The Royal P.D.Q...

continued

10-33. Report from Hoople: P. D. Q. Bach on the Air

Report from Hoople: P. D. Q. Bach on the Air

Report from Hoople: P. D. Q. Bach on the Air was released on Vanguard Records in 1967. It is set up as a radio broadcast of the music of P. D. Q...

Disc Three
1-20. P. D. Q. Bach's Half-Act Opera, "The Stoned Guest"

The Stoned Guest (album)

The Stoned Guest is "the premiere recording of the Half-Act Opera by P. D. Q. Bach", the pseudonym used by Peter Schickele for parodic works...

Disc Four
1-29. The Intimate P. D. Q. Bach

The Intimate P. D. Q. Bach

The Intimate P. D. Q. Bach is "a live recording of The Intimate P.D.Q. Bach stage show, featuring Professor Peter Schickele and the Semi-Pro Musica Antiqua" and was released on Vanguard Records in 1973. Many of the performer credits are humorous, and as with all P.D.Q...

30. In the Vanguard Vault, Part 2 (new track)

31. The "Sanka" Cantata (P.D.Q. Bach) (new track)

32. In the Vanguard Vault, Part 3 (new track)

Sources

The Dreaded P.D.Q. Bach Collection