PDQ BACH - YEAH!

admin · Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2002 11:39 am Post subject: PDQ BACH - YEAH!

We just added the PDQ Bach forum!

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admin · Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2002 1:46 pm Post subject: PDQ BACH - YEAH!

No PDQ Bach fans?

acegirl1 · Newbie Alert Joined: 04 Aug 2002 Posts: 2

WHO OR WHAT is PDQ Bach??? HMM? Please, somebody fill me in!

VictoriaJSB · Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2002 6:19 pm Post subject: PDQ BACH - YEAH!

Admin, I seriously want to find out who or what is PDQ Bach. Please reply!

juicehead · Newbie Alert Joined: 26 Aug 2002 Posts: 3

I'm curious myself as to who or what PDQ is? Is it a composer? A music term?

admin · Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2002 11:06 pm Post subject: PDQ BACH - YEAH!

OK, PDQ BACH is Professor Peter Shickele. His whole "shtick" is that Bach had a son they tried to hide that wrote horrible music. Story is that Prof. Shickele "found" the music after hundreds of year of being lost.

It is in the style of Bach, but additional instruments include bathroom plungers, kazoos, etc.

An example of his sense of humor is a Mass piece called "Gloria". The soloists sings "Gloria" for about thirty seconds, and then says "I just met a girl name Gloria".

It's definately very high brow humor and along the lines of "Victor Borge" type of humor.

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VictoriaJSB · Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2002 11:39 am Post subject: PDQ BACH - YEAH!

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!

That's actually very interesting. So when did he live, that PDQ Bach? What was his real name?

admin · Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2002 12:08 am Post subject: PDQ BACH - YEAH!

Well, it's supposed to be Bach's forgotten son, so Germany. But I think Prof. Shichele was from Minnesota.

julian44 · Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2002 12:47 pm Post subject: PDQ BACH - YEAH!

Definitely one of the funniest musical jokes; knocks Mozart's into a *One Eyed Bishop* hat. Still available?

admin · Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2002 5:12 am Post subject: PDQ BACH - YEAH!

Oh yeah, there's lot's of PDQ Bach recordings still available. If you like Bach and have a quirky sense of humor I GUARANTEE you'll absolutely love it...

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VictoriaJSB · Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2002 7:50 pm Post subject: PDQ BACH - YEAH!

Where can I find a sample of one of the PDQ Bach's works?

Omigosh1 · Little Guppy Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Posts: 39

I love PDQ Bach. It is the most hilarious music I have ever heard. At the moment I am preparing to perform PDQ's Sonata Innamorata for piano, four hands. The socond movement is my favorite. There are multiple times when the Secondo is playing between the hands of the Primo. By the middle of the piece your hands are virtually tied in a knot. There are also two places in the movement where the Secondo stands and moves to the opposite end of the piano and the Primo slides under the Secondo's arms all while still playing. There are times when I am parcticing it and I just start laughing. Does anyone know if he has written anything specifically for strings?

Omigosh1 · Little Guppy Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Posts: 39

I have just recently heard that P.D.Q. Bach will be performing this December close by where I live. I am so excited. I am not going to miss this concert. It is a once in a lifetime opprotunity. If you know who he is you know what Im talking about. If you dont know him, you really should look him up.

Jenny · Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2003 3:49 pm Post subject:

I LOVE PDQ Bach! I'm gonna try to get my choir director to let us perform "My Bonnie Lass, She Smelleth." #LOL

Hillarious piece! #LOL

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Omigosh1 · Little Guppy Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Posts: 39

I went to the concert that I previously talked about. It was wonderful. The pieces that were performed were the Safe Sextet, 12 Heavenly Songs and Variations on an Unusually Simple Minded Theme. I will never forget that concert. Everyone should see P.D.Q. in cincert.