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Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach

Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach

by Peter Schickele
Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach

Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach

by Peter Schickele

Overview

What little-known son of a famous genius has been called:

"A musical blight"

"A one-man plague"

"History's most justifiably neglected composer"

"The worst musician ever to trod organ pedals" "A pimple on the face of music"

In this long-awaited hoax, possibly the most unimportant piece of scholarship in over two thousand years, Professor Peter Schickele has finally succeeded in ripping the veil of obscurity from the most unusual -- to put it kindly -- composer in the history of music: P.D.Q. Bach, the last and unquestionably the least of the great Johann Sebastian Bach's many children.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780394734095
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 08/12/1977
Pages: 264
Sales rank: 675,162
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Peter Schickele is a composer, musician, and author. He studied at Swarthmore and Julliard. Over the course of his career, he has composed more than 100 works, varying from symphonies to film and television scores. His published works include The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q Bach. He lives with his wife in New York.

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EARLY INFANCY (1742–1745)
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