Sunday, July 17, 2011

Happy Birthday, Peter!

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 a few years back - it was amazing fun!

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At 1:20 PM, July 17, 2011 Anonymous Kathie had this to say...

I assume someone warned you not to arrive late (assuming Schickele still does that shtick).

 

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