The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach

Book by Peter Schickele

The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach

Author	Prof. Peter Schickele
Language	English
Genre	Biography, Music
Publisher	Random House, New York
Publication date	1976
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages	238 pp. (hardcover edition)
ISBN	0-394-46536-9
OCLC	1694191
Dewey Decimal	813/.5/4
LC Class	ML65 .S34

The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach (1807–1742)? is a book by Prof. Peter Schickele chronicling the life of fictitious composer P. D. Q. Bach.

Dedication
Preface
Preface to the English Language Edition
Foreword
Introduction
Author's Note
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
I. P.D.Q. Bach's Background: Cause or Effect?
1. Early Infancy (1742–1745)
2. Late Infancy (1745–1766)
3. The Lost Years (1766–1777)
4. The Turning Point (1777)
II. The World of P.D.Q. Bach: A Pictorial Essay
III. Man or Myth?: In Search of P.D.Q. Bach
IV. "Such a Horrid Clang": An Annotated Catalogue of the Music of P.D.Q. Bach
1. The Initial Plunge
2. The Soused Period
3. Contrition
4. Undiscovered Works
Appendices
A. A Map of P.D.Q. Bach's Travels

B. A Map of P.D.Q. Bach's Public Performances

C. Charles Burney's Account of His Visit to Wein-am-Rhein in 1788

D. Bibliography

E. Analysis of the Two-Part Contraption

F. Discography

G. Glossary of Unusual Instruments Used by P.D.Q. Bach

H. The Bach Family Tree
Index

Publication history

1976, US, Random House, ISBN 0-394-46536-9, Pub date April 1976, Hardcover
1977, US, Random House, ISBN 0-394-73409-2, Pub date 12 August 1977, Paperback
1996, US, Highbridge Audio, ISBN 1-56511-146-X, Pub date 1 June 1996, Audiobook

External links

The Peter Schickele/P.D.Q. Bach Homepage

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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 Wurst of P. D. Q. Bach (1971) The Intimate P. D. Q. Bach (1974) Portrait of P. D. Q. Bach (1977) 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)
Compositions	The Abduction of Figaro Concerto for Horn and Hardart Echo Sonata for Two Unfriendly Groups of Instruments Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion Oedipus Tex Pervertimento for Bagpipes, Bicycle and Balloons The Stoned Guest
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 Peter Schickele)

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