Definitive Biography of P. D. Q. Bach |
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| Author:
| Schickele, Peter |
| ISBN: | 978-1-306-39748-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2014 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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What little-known son of a famous genius has been called: A musical blight A one-man plague History's most justifiably neglected composer The worst musician ever to trod organ pedals A pimple on the face of music In this long-awaited hoax, possibly the most unimportant piece of scholarship in over two thousand years, Professor Peter Schickele has finally succeeded in ripping the veil of obscurity from the most unusual -- to put it kindly -- composer in the...
More DescriptionWhat little-known son of a famous genius has been called:
A musical blight
A one-man plague
History's most justifiably neglected composer
The worst musician ever to trod organ pedals A pimple on the face of music
In this long-awaited hoax, possibly the most unimportant piece of scholarship in over two thousand years, Professor Peter Schickele has finally succeeded in ripping the veil of obscurity from the most unusual -- to put it kindly -- composer in the history of music: P.D.Q. Bach, the last and unquestionably the least of the great Johann Sebastian Bach's many children.
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