Portrait of P. D. Q. Bach

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Portrait of P. D. Q. Bach
Studio album by P. D. Q. Bach
Released	1977
Genre	Classical Comedy
Length	44:36
Label	Vanguard Records
P. D. Q. Bach chronology
The Intimate P. D. Q. Bach (1974) Portrait of P. D. Q. Bach (1977) The Wurst of P. D. Q. Bach (1978)

Portrait of P. D. Q. Bach was released in 1977 on Vanguard Records. The album features mostly the work of Peter Schickele writing as P. D. Q. Bach, with one contribution under his own name.

[edit] Performers

• The New York Pick-Up Ensemble, Professor Peter Schickele, conductor
• John Ferrante, bargain counter tenor
• Harris Poor, basso bloto
• Ranson Wilson and Diva Goodfriend-Koven, tape recorders, hand flutes, corrugahorn, nose flutes
• Early Anderson, trombonus interruptus
• Duh Brooklyn Boys Chorus, James McCarthy, director
• John Solum, flute
• Leonard Arner, oboe
• Lorin Glickman, bassoon
• Theodore Weis, trumpet
• William G. Brown, French horn
• Neal Di Biase, trombone

[edit] Track listing

1. Introduction (1:50)

Missa Hilarious, S. N₂O (P.D.Q. Bach)

2. Yriekay (4:53)

3. Gloria (3:02)

4. Credo (3:47)

5. Sanctus (3:49)

6. Angus Dei (3:49)

7. Introduction (:28)
8. Eine Kleine Nichtmusik (Prof. Schickele) (11:45)

• Allegro
• Romanze
• Menuetto
• Rondo (Allegro)

9. Introduction (1:28)
10. Echo Sonata for Two Unfriendly Groups of Instruments, S. 9999999999 (P.D.Q. Bach) (2:14)
11. Introduction (1:02)
12. A Consort of Choral Christmas Carols, S. 359 (P.D.Q. Bach) (6:29)

• "Throw the Yule Log On, Uncle John"
• "O Little Town of Hackensack"
• "Good King Kong Looked Out"

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Portrait of P.D.Q. Bach

v • d • e P. D. Q. Bach see also Peter Schickele Albums An Evening with P.D.Q. Bach (1965) • An Hysteric Return (1966) • Report From Hoople: P. D. Q. Bach On The Air (1967) • The Stoned Guest (1970) • The Intimate P. D. Q. Bach (1974) • Portrait of P. D. Q. Bach (1977) • The Wurst of P. D. Q. Bach (1978) • Black Forest Bluegrass (1979) • Liebeslieder Polkas (1980) • Music You Can’t Get Out Of Your Head (1982) • A Little Nightmare Music (1983) • 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults (1989) • Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities (1990) • WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio (1991) • Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion (1992) • Two Pianos Are Better Than One (1994) • The Short-Tempered Clavier and other dysfunctional works for keyboard (1995) • The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection (1996) • The Ill-Conceived P. D. Q. Bach Anthology (1998) The Jekyll and Hyde Tour (2007) Videos/DVDs The Abduction of Figaro (1984) • P. D. Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem! (2006) Books The Definitive Biography of P. D. Q. Bach, 1807 – 1742? (1976) by Prof. Peter Schickele