The Ill-Conceived P. D. Q. Bach Anthology
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The Ill-Conceived P. D. Q. Bach Anthology is a collection of works by Peter Schickele
writing as P. D. Q. Bach
originally recorded on the Telarc
label by the composer.
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...
originally recorded on the Telarc
Telarc International Corporation
Telarc International Corporation is an independent record label, based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, and founded in 1977 by two classically trained musicians and former teachers, Jack Renner and Robert Woods...
label by the composer.
Performers
- Professor Peter Schickele, conductor, bass, devious instruments
- The Greater HoopleUSND at HoopleThe University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople is the fictional university that is the home institution of "Professor" Peter Schickele, who is renowned as the greatest expert on the life and works of the fictional composer P.D.Q. Bach and who serves as a professor in the Extension Division of...
Area Off-Season Philharmonic, Newton Weyland, conductor - The Okay ChoraleGunfight at the O.K. CorralThe Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a roughly 30-second gunfight that took place at about 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26, 1881, in Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona Territory, of the United States. Outlaw Cowboys Ike Clanton and Billy Claiborne ran from the fight, unharmed, but Ike's brother...
- Members of The New York Pick-Up Ensemble
- Grandmaster Flab and the Hoople Funkharmonic
- Turtle Mountain Naval Base Tactical Wind Ensemble, Lowell Graham, conductor
- Donna Brown as Blondie
- Elliott Forrest as Jocko
- Pamela South, sopranoSopranoA soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
(Billie Jo Casta) - Dana Krueger, mezzo-sopranoMezzo-sopranoA mezzo-soprano is a type of classical female singing voice whose range lies between the soprano and the contralto singing voices, usually extending from the A below middle C to the A two octaves above...
(Madame Peep), chef - Frank Kelley (tenor)Frank Kelley (tenor)Frank Kelley is an American tenor, who has performed in concert and in opera throughout North America and Europe. He holds music degrees from Florida State University and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music...
- Brice Audrus, horn
- Peter Lurye, piano, Station ID
- Christopher O'Riley, piano
Track listing
- 1. This is Professor Pete (0:55)
- 2. 1712 Overture, S. 1712 (P.D.Q. Bach) (11:33)
- 3. Introduction (0:13)
- Oedipus TexOedipus TexOedipus Tex is a satirical Western-themed oratorio by P. D. Q. Bach that follows the adventures of Oedipus Tex in Thebes Gulch. It was released on the album, Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities in 1990....
, dramatic oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra, S. 150 (P.D.Q. Bach)- 4. II. Aria with chorus: "Howdy There" (5:32)
- 5. Recitative: "It Wasn't Long" (0:28)
- 6. III. My Heart (4:02)
- 7. Recitative: "When Oedipus Heard" (1:01)
- 8. VI. Chorale and Finale (4:18)
- 9. Introduction
- 10. "Love Me" (Lieber & Stoller) (2:34)
- 11. WTWP Station ID (0:14)
- 12. Oo-La-La Introduction (0:24)
- 13. Oo-La-La: Cookin' French Like the French Cook French (2:39)
- 14. Introduction
- The Musical Sacrifice, S. 50% off (P.D.Q. Bach)
- 15. I. Fuga Meshuga (2:46)
- 16. Introduction
- 17. "Classical Rap", S. 1-2-3 (P.D.Q. Bach) (8:24)
- 18. Introduction
- The Short-Tempered Clavier, Preludes and Fugues in All the Major and Minor Keys Except for the Really Hard Ones, S. 3.14159, easy as (P.D.Q. Bach)
- 19. I. C Major (2:46)
- 20. Introduction
- Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds & Percussion, S. 1000 (P.D.Q. Bach)
- 21. II. Simply Grand Minuet (2:52)
- 22. Introduction
- Four Folk Song Upsettings, S. 4 (P.D.Q. Bach)
- 23. Little Bunny Hop Hop Hop (1:50)
- 24. Introduction (0:50)
- 25. "Minuet Militaire", S. 1A (P.D.Q. Bach) (3:40)
- 26. Enough Already (0:13)