Definitive Biography of P. D. Q. Bach |
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| Author:
| Schickele, Peter |
| ISBN: | 978-0-394-73409-5 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1977 |
| Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Random House |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.00 |
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...
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.