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I just got some news I have been dreading. Peter Schickele, Professor of Musical Pathology at the University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople, discoverer of PDQ Bach, radio host and brilliant composer, has passed on.
I have loved his work for many years, playing his first two albums on college radio in 1972. I attended many of his concerts, including three at the Kennedy Center where the Washington Choral Society sang "The Seasonings" while wearing bathrobes and "The 1712 Overture" featured a real cannon that produced a Bang flag.
His was a fine kind of humor, that deepened your understanding of music while making you laugh. Ave atque vale
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Oh dear... So many musical greats have been leaving us.
I think I saw him perform three times sometime around 1974-1979.
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My fave: "Please, Kind Sir" from "The Art of the Ground Round":
My buds and I used to sing this in high school. Checking... yeah the album "The Intimate PDQ Bach" had just been released.
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Rest in peace. "Oh, my name is Oedipus Tex. You may have heard of my brother Rex!"
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I like "My Bonny Lass She Smelleth" from the same collection..
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Honestly, I didn't realize he was still alive. You've sent me looking for a favorite, but time is short (lunch break at work) so I'll link these. The Beethoven and Mozart ones are brilliant. Heck, everything of his I ever heard was/is brilliant. RIP.
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