PDQ Bach will always be one of the greatest musicians this side of Spike Jones! 🤣🤣 RIP Peter Schickele. You will be missed.

@patriciaaturner289

5 ай бұрын

And on the other side of Spike Jones is Doodles Weaver.

One of my favorite musicians. So sorry to lose him.

His control of the lasso d'amore was truly impressive.

PDQ and Victor Borge..... legends

I once drove three hours to watch him live, the weekend before driving three hours to the next town for a burn (many-person camping and stuff). It turned out to be his final tour. I am so glad I was willing to drive three hours.

May you experience a peaceful and fortunate journey, Professor Schickele. Thank you for the laughs. You were one of a kind.

Met him once outside the Cloisters in New York. My favorite number of his (that I've heard) is "As You Came From Walsingham" from his music for "The Knight of the Burning Pestle," as I mentioned to him. ("Miserere do re miserere re mi fa sol la-di-da, et in unum hic haec hocus pocus ha'ha'ha," etc.) The songs of this score are available on KZread.

It is so nice to see so many PDQ Bach performances re -surface. While I never had the opportunity to see Peter perform live, at least I have a number of his albums that I can play over and over. RIP Peter/PDQ you will be remembered.

I was a huge fan of Peter Schickele's and saw him live multiple times. One of the funniest reviews I ever read was by a college student who went to a PDQ Bach concert expecting something along the lines of JS Bach and was aghast and offended by his "desecration" of classical music. (My friends and I passed that review around and laughed ourselves silly.) So sad to find out that he's gone. I'm glad that the Smothers Brothers had the good taste to put him on their show. It's too bad we've lost Tommy Smothers and Now Peter Schickele. If there's a heaven or some kind of afterlife, the music is a whole lot funnier right now.

Peter Schickele had his on show on PBS Radio for many years.

@mary5827

5 ай бұрын

Yes!!! I remember!!!

@dennistucker9081

5 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@mary5827It was called “Schickele Mix,” and was certainly about the most interesting mix of various styles of music ever. Not P. D. Q. Bach, this was Peter Schickele, the musical mixologist, at his best. I remember meeting you once, and may you Rest in One Piece.

Thank you for the great memories. It was nice to laugh again.

His symphony broadcast similar to broadcasting a ballgame is a memorable classic!

@rtpoe

5 ай бұрын

"New Horizons in Music Appreciation" - which I'm told gives a decent analysis of the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony #5, among all its sportscasting cliches.

@rejoyce318

5 ай бұрын

"And they're off with a four-note theme!"

Didn't know he was on the Smothers Brothers! I thought I would have remembered this (having watched it all on TV), but I do remember in 1984 seeing Peter and David Wii perform the Erotica Variations in Kansas City - wonderful performance, no one can play the windbreaker like Peter -- warm wishes for Peter and his family.

Watching dear Peter so deftly wield that lasso d'amore brings to mind something he said in an interview, that, as Spike Jonze (one of his early influences) found out, you actually have to play even more carefully and precisely to make it sound as if you're playing randomly. My kingdom for another episode of PDQ Bach on the Air, his first recorded collection. You made the world a little funnier, and a little more bearable, dear Professor Schickele. I wish you well......

Fascinating to hear the intervals on that whirled instrument. It brought back a memory from nearly 60 years ago. I was using an electric razor, and noticed the sound it made when near my open mouth. As I gradually closed my mouth, it made sounds like the chord Shickele made by whirling his instrument faster, than slower.

Professor Schikele "You"re my kinda guy!" 😂😂😂😂😂 from Oedipus Tex a great opera by PDQ Bach!❤❤❤❤❤😂

I remember seeing P.D.Q. Bach for the first time through the Smothers Brothers. It wasn’t this one. I remember it was a conductor and the platform he was on moved so he could lean as he conducted.

P.D.Q. Bach (Johann Peter Schickele, July 17, 1935 - January 16, 2024)

@rejoyce318

5 ай бұрын

I was glad to see him included in the In Memoriam segment at the Grammys last night.

My bonnie lass she smellith.😂 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅

I don't remember him, but that was hilarious! The whip or belt of love was a crack-up!😂

Thank you. ♥

RIP PDQ Bach

These were recorded on "Hansel and Gretel and Ted and Alice"

❤

My fav was always little bunny hop hop hop

Anyone know where I can watch of The Schickele Pops Orchestra doing a cover of The Rutles "(You're My) Number One"?

The piece is the "Erotica Variations" for Banned Instruments and Piano (S. 36EE).

Latest sensation? He died almost 20 years ago.

pre zach galifanakis