Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Happy Birthday, Peter (& PDQ?)

Peter SchicklePDQ Bach

It's the birthday of Peter Schickele (1935)! A Julliard-trained musician who writes good stuff under his own name, he's probably most famous for his "discovery" of JS Bach's youngest son - the incomparable PDQ Bach, composer of such works as Oedipus Tex, Iphigenia in Brooklyn, The Abduction of Figaro, and innumerable shorter works. I saw Schickele in concert only a few weeks ago - he's still got it!

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At 8:12 AM, July 19, 2007 Blogger Wishydig had this to say...

I was blessed with an opportunity to see his "Blaues Gras" (Bluegrass Cantata) when I was an undergrad.

I still laugh about it at the most inopportune moments.

 

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