Composer
Peter Schickele
American composer, musical educator, and parodist (1935-2024)
1935–2024
197 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1935
- Died
- 2024
- Birthplace
- Ames
- Place of death
- Bearsville
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Johann 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.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; musicologist; university teacher; film score composer; journalist; impressionist; writer; musician
- Education
- Juilliard School; Swarthmore College
- Career institutions / employers
- Juilliard School
- Instruments played
- bassoon
- Genres
- opera
- Official website
- https://www.schickele.com/
- Pseudonym
- P. D. Q. Bach
- VIAF ID
- 51879688
- ISNI
- 0000000117632045
- GND ID
- 103780777
- Library of Congress ID
- n80152931
- MusicBrainz ID
- 8d748f6a-e24c-49cf-b93a-93e9d2fa48b3
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Flute, Bassoon, Clarinet, Choir
- Genres represented
- Classical
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue page 4 of 5
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Teresa's Bookmark | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| 2. For Mary and Harry | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| 4. For Melinda | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| 2. Blues Bounce | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| I. Bath | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| III. Bar | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| 6. Sarabande | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| 1. Fanfares and Entrances | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| II Blues | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| IV Riff | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| V Song and Dance | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Scherzo, for Luke and Cassie | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Lullaby, for Vanessa | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| 8. Showdown and Finale | See work details |
3 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| 1. January: New Year's Day | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| 2. February: Valentine's Day | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| 3. March: St. Patrick's Day | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| 4. April: Income Tax Day | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| 5. May: Memorial Day Picnic | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| 6. June: Flag Day | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| 7. July: Independence Day Parade | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| 10. October: Halloween | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| 11. November: Thanksgiving | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| 12. December: Alone on New Year's Eve | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| 2. Valse Enigmatique | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| 3. Young Man Going West | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| II. Thee I Pray | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Thirty Days Hath [Text by Anonymous] | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Now Lay Up Thy Barley Land (October) [Text by Thomas Tusser] | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| I. KYRIE | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| II. GLORIA | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| III. CREDO | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| IV. SANCTUS | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Orlando di Lasso | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Frederic Chopin | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Igor Stravinsksy | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| 1. Celebartion | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| 2. Peaslee Porridge Hot | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| 3. Crab Game | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| 4. Song for Susan | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| 5. Remembrance | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| 7. Notes from Underground | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Razzle Dazzle | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Afterthought | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Dream Waltz | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Stomp | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| I. Invocation of the Moose | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| III. La Belle June Fille Francaise | See work details |
| View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 51879688. Portrait: Peter Hummers, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.