WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio
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WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio was released in 1991 by Telarc Records. The album contains the "last hour of the broadcast from station WTWP in Hoople
on May 5, 1991, the 184th anniversary of the death of P. D. Q. Bach
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Hoople, North Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 292 people, 133 households, and 79 families residing in the city. The population density was 817.0 people per square mile . There were 148 housing units at an average density of 414.1 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 97.60% White, 0.68% Native...
on May 5, 1991, the 184th anniversary of the death 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...
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Performers
- Professor Peter SchickelePeter SchickeleJohann 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...
- Donna Brown as Blondie
- Elliott Forrest as Jocko
- Dana Krueger, mezzanine-soprano
- Peter LuryePeter LuryePeter Lurye is a composer and lyricist.-Credits:Lurye is credited for theme music and/or songs in*Jungle Junction*Bear in the Big Blue House...
, piano - CalliopeCalliope (music)A calliope is a musical instrument that produces sound by sending a gas, originally steam or more recently compressed air, through large whistles, originally locomotive whistles....
, a renaissance band
Track listing
- Getting ready
- Theme song: opening
- Canzon Per Sonar a Sei — Count Them — Sei (P.D.Q. Bach)
- PledgePledge driveA pledge drive is an extended period of fundraising activities, generally used by public broadcasting stations to increase contributions. The term "pledge" originates from the promise a contributor makes to send in funding at regular intervals for a certain amount of time...
plea - Four Folk Song Upsettings (P.D.Q. Bach)
- Index 1: Little Bunny Hop Hop Hop
- Index 2: Oft of an E'en Ere Night is Nigh
- Index 3: He Came From Over Yonder Ridge
- Index 4: The Farmer on the Dole
- Station ID
- Classical Kwickie-Kwiz
- "Sam and Janet" (P.D.Q. Bach)
- Weather report
- Hound DogHound Dog (song)"Hound Dog" is a twelve-bar blues written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and originally recorded by Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton in 1952. Other early versions illustrate the differences among blues, country, and rock and roll in the mid-1950s. The 1956 remake by Elvis Presley is the best-known...
(Leiber & StollerJerry Leiber and Mike StollerJerome "Jerry" Leiber and Mike Stoller were American songwriting and record producing partners. Stoller was the composer and Leiber the lyricist. Their most famous songs include "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock", "Kansas City", "Stand By Me" Jerome "Jerry" Leiber (April 25, 1933 – August 22, 2011)...
) - Flip side intro
- Love Me (Leiber & Stoller)
- Station ID
- Cadenza
- "Safe" Sextet (P.D.Q. Bach)
- Oo-La-La intro
- Oo-La-La: Cookin' French Like the French Cook French
- Station ID
- Canzonetta intro
- Canzonetta "La Hooplina" (P.D.Q. Bach)
- Wrap-up
- Theme song (PachelbelJohann PachelbelJohann Pachelbel was a German Baroque composer, organist and teacher, who brought the south German organ tradition to its peak. He composed a large body of sacred and secular music, and his contributions to the development of the chorale prelude and fugue have earned him a place among the most...
Canon)