Peter Schickele and P.D.Q. Bach were sides of the same coin
The American musical satirist and his bibulous creation died on January 16th, aged 88 | Obituary
Source: economist.com
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The American musical satirist and his bibulous creation died on January 16th, aged 88 | Obituary
PDQ Bach’s oeuvre included the Short-Tempered Clavier, the Half-Nelson Mass and the ‘Canine Cantata’ Wachet Arf
Peter Schickele who has died aged 88, was better known as the fictional composer PDQ Bach, whose Victor Borge-style parodies delighted and entertained audiences; he was equally inventive with instruments, coming up with a trombone-bassoon combination known as the tromboon and the left-handed sewer flute.