P. D. Q. Bach is a fictional composer created by the American composer and musical satirist Peter Schickele for a five-decade career performing the "discovered" works of the "only forgotten son" of the Bach family.

Peter Schickele (/ ˈ ʃ ɪ k əl i /; [1] July 17, 1935 – January 16, 2024) was an American composer, musical educator and parodist, best known for comedy albums featuring his music, which he presented as being composed by the fictional P.D.Q. Bach.

P.D.Q. Bach’s musical life has been divided into three creative periods: the Initial Plunge, the Soused (or “Brown Bag”) Period, and Contrition. The Initial Plunge was the period during which P.D.Q. Bach learned all that he ever learned about the craft of …

The following is a list of works by P. D. Q. Bach, a fictitious Bach family member, the alter ego of composer Peter Schickele. The first section lists, in alphabetical order, those works which have been recorded, are listed in the annotated catalogue of P. D. Q. Bach music in The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach , and/or are listed on the ...

2024年1月18日 · Peter Schickele, composer and humorist best known for his comedic albums by the fictional composer P. D. Q. Bach, died January 16 in Bearsville, New York, at the age of 88.

2024年1月26日 · BIANCULLI: But Peter Schickele was best known for concocting, presenting and performing the works of P.D.Q. Bach, whom Schickele claimed was the youngest and oddest of Johann Sebastian Bach's...

Peter Schickele is acknowledged as the foremost classical music satirist of all time. He is the sole discoverer of work by the mythical Baroque composer P.D.Q Bach (1807-1742), the “pimple on the face of music” who has earned legions of fans across generations and continents.

Professor Schickele pursued his research into the life and work of P.D.Q. Bach from his academic base, the Department of Musical Pathology at the University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople.

2024年1月18日 · Aside from ‘discovering’ works by the lesser-known Bach progeny, he composed more than 100 works for orchestra, as well as arrangements for Joan Baez and Buffy Sainte-Marie. He was best friends...

The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach (1807–1742)? is a book by Prof. Peter Schickele chronicling the life of fictitious composer P. D. Q. Bach.