Incidentally, Peter Shickele was at one point a serious composer. I heard one of his incredibly awful compositions over the radio once, and even the excellent DJ stepped out of form to state that he was grateful that Shickele moved in another direction.
Just when you thought you knew everything about PDQ Bach
-
jbuck919
- Military Band Specialist
- Posts: 26856
- Joined: Wed Jan 28, 2004 10:15 pm
- Location: Stony Creek, New York
Just when you thought you knew everything about PDQ Bach
There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.
-- Johann Sebastian Bach
-
diegobueno
- Winds Specialist
- Posts: 3186
- Joined: Thu Apr 07, 2005 2:26 pm
- Contact:
Re: Just when you thought you knew everything about PDQ Bach
Peter Schickele clearly was made to be the vessel through which PDQ Bach passed, but it would be unfair to call his own compositions bad. Far from "incredibly awful", all the music of his that I've heard or played is pleasant and well written. Never profound, but nothing to hold one's nose at. You could do a lot worse than spend time with his Quartet for violin, cello, clarinet and piano:
Black lives matter.
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 15 guests