The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach, 1807-1742?

By Peter Schickele

Subjects: music, Biography, Satire, american, comedy, Music, Anecdotes, Humor

Description: Real-life music professor Peter Schickele claims to have discovered the works of a "justly" neglected member of the famous Bach musical family. Along with the live and studio music performances of these "P.D.Q. Bach" works on the market since the days of the Long Playing Record, Schickele provides this additional documentation should there be any doubt as to the accuracy of his claims. There is at least no doubt as to the material's oddness, as the performance of one piece requires the creation of an instrument which combines the reed neck of a bassoon with a pipe connection adaptor that attaches to a trombone. What results is a reed-fed brass instrument called the tromboon...