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Peter Schickele

Peter Schickele (; 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. He also hosted a long-running weekly radio program called Schickele Mix. From 1990 to 1993, Schickele's P. D. Q. Bach recordings earned him four consecutive wins for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.

Infobox

Born
(1935-07-17)July 17, 1935Ames, Iowa, U.S.
Died
January 16, 2024(2024-01-16) (aged 88)Bearsville, New York, U.S.
Education
Swarthmore College (BA)Juilliard School (MM)
Occupation(s)
Composer, musical educator, parodist
Website
schickele.com
Occupations
Composer, musical educator, parodist

Tables

· Awards
1970
Grammy Awards
Role(s)
Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
Notes
Oh! Calcutta!
1990
Best Comedy Recording
Role(s)
P. D. Q. Bach: 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults
Notes
Won
1991
P. D. Q. Bach: Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities
1992
Best Comedy Album
Role(s)
P. D. Q. Bach: WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio
Best Album for Children
Role(s)
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / A Zoo Called Earth / Gerald McBoing Boing
Notes
Nominated
1993
Best Comedy Album
Role(s)
P. D. Q. Bach: Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion
Notes
Won
1996
Best Spoken Comedy Album
Role(s)
The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach
Notes
Nominated
1999
Best Classical Crossover Album
Role(s)
Schickele: Hornsmoke (Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Major "Ole"; Brass Calendar; Hornsmoke – A Horse Opera)
Notes
Won
2004
Best Spoken Word Album for Children
Role(s)
The Emperor's New Clothes
Notes
Nominated
Year
Award
Category
Work
Result
Ref(s)
1970
Grammy Awards
Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
Oh! Calcutta!
Nominated
1990
Best Comedy Recording
P. D. Q. Bach: 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults
Won
1991
P. D. Q. Bach: Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities
1992
Best Comedy Album
P. D. Q. Bach: WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio
Best Album for Children
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / A Zoo Called Earth / Gerald McBoing Boing
Nominated
1993
Best Comedy Album
P. D. Q. Bach: Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion
Won
1996
Best Spoken Comedy Album
The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach
Nominated
1999
Best Classical Crossover Album
Schickele: Hornsmoke (Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Major "Ole"; Brass Calendar; Hornsmoke – A Horse Opera)
Won
2004
Best Spoken Word Album for Children
The Emperor's New Clothes
Nominated

References

  1. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/17/arts/music/peter-schickele-dead.html
  2. Yellowstonepublicradio.org
    http://www.yellowstonepublicradio.org/programs/listings/schickele_mix.php
  3. "Peter Schickele"
    https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/peter-schickele
  4. The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music
  5. "Finding Aid to the Rainer Schickele Papers"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160304224635/http://library.ndsu.edu/repository/bitstream/handle/10365/322/Mss0224.pdf
  6. www.swarthmore.edu
    https://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/honor-composer-and-satirist-peter-schickele-%E2%80%9957-h%E2%80%9980
  7. The Epiphany of Slocum Furlow on YouTube
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFgul6rwNbQ
  8. The Juilliard Journal
    http://journal.juilliard.edu/journal/1510/remembering-persichetti
  9. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/11/AR2007051102026.html
  10. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/17/arts/music/peter-schickele-dead.html
  11. Peter Schickele: A Bio-bibliography
  12. Oh! Calcutta!
    http://www.playbill.com/personlistpage/person-list?production=00000150-aea6-d936-a7fd-eef676a00000&type=op
  13. OCLC 7010731 (The Open Window, 1969)
    https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7010731/editions
  14. OCLC 3745796 (Three Views From "The Open Window", 1969)
    https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3745796/editions
  15. OCLC 25739018 (Oh! Calcutta!, 1970)
    https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25739018/editions
  16. The Tennessean March 12, 2009, "The Nashville Scene", p. 46
  17. Peter Schickele: Compositions, Peter Schickele
    https://www.schickele.com/cgi/catalogue.pl?list=all
  18. Peter Schickele: Portrait of P.D.Q. Bach, Peter Schickele
    https://www.schickele.com/wp/works/recordings/portrait-of-p-d-q-bach/
  19. 'A Little Nightmare Music' From P.D.Q., The Washington Post. Accessed 16 May 2024.
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1984/02/19/a-little-nightmare-music-from-pdq/31f95eed-4172-4785-9788-1f60555f60f2/
  20. Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities, Peter Schickele
    https://www.schickele.com/wp/works/recordings/oedipus-tex-and-other-choral-calamities/
  21. The Village Voice
    https://web.archive.org/web/20151222111625/http://www.villagevoice.com/music/classical-trash-6422519
  22. The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach (1807–1742)?
  23. The Seattle Times
    https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/composers-jovial-shtick-is-serious-musical-business/
  24. "Swarthmore's First Music Major" Archived January 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine by Paul Wachter, Swarthmore College B
    http://www.swarthmore.edu/Admin/publications/bulletin/index.php?id=561
  25. The Houston Chronicle
  26. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/31/arts/music/review-bach-at-st-pauls-and-the-fictional-relative-pdq-at-town-hall.html
  27. The Peter Schickele Web Site
    https://www.schickele.com/concerts/index.htm
  28. The Boston Musical Intelligencer
    https://www.classical-scene.com/2016/03/21/shickele-concord/
  29. Hornsmoke (A Horse Opera) – Peter Schickele at AllMusic
    https://www.allmusic.com/composition/mc0002446336
  30. Sneaky Pete and the Wolf – P.D.Q. Bach at AllMusic
    https://www.allmusic.com/composition/mc0002660973
  31. The Emperor's New Clothes, for narrator & ensemble – Peter Schickele at AllMusic
    https://www.allmusic.com/composition/mc0002530765
  32. The Music of Peter Schickele An Analysis of His Music Involving the Clarinet
    https://books.google.com/books?id=9IPNvQEACAAJ
  33. The Peter Schickele/P.D.Q. Bach Web Site
    https://web.archive.org/web/20091208041028/http://www.schickele.com/mix/
  34. The Peter Schickele/P.D.Q. Bach Web Site
    https://web.archive.org/web/20071112054846/http://www.schickele.com/cgi-bin/playlist.pl
  35. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/1962/10/28/archives/susan-sindall-is-bride-of-a-juilliard-teacher.html
  36. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/01/garden/at-work-with-peter-schickele-when-p-d-q-meets-p-d-slow.html
  37. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/11/arts/david-schickele-62-filmmaker-and-with-brother-a-parodist.html?pagewanted=print
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