PDQ Bach history?

Question

I'm seeking a SIMPLE version of a History of PDQ Bach. So far, I learn that he is "the least child of the Great musical composer, Johannes Sebastian Bach."
PDQ was so relented that when his family referred to him, they used backward dates (1807-1742.)
What other "tid-bits" of information can be dug up about this not-for-longed musical composer?
Thanks for all references.

Answer 1

P. D. Q. Bach was born in Leipzig on April 1, 1742, the son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Anna Magdalena Bach. According to Peter Schickele (the "inventor" of PDQ Bach) his parents did not bother to give their youngest son a real name, and settled on "P. D. Q." instead. The only earthly possession Johann Sebastian Bach willed to his son was a kazoo.

In 1755, P. D. Q. Bach was an apprentice of the inventor of the musical saw, Ludwig Zahnstocher (German for "toothpick").

In 1756, P. D. Q. Bach met Leopold Mozart and advised him to teach his son Wolfgang Amadeus how to play billiards. Later on P. D. Q. Bach went to St. Petersburg to visit his distant cousin Leonhard Sigismund Dietrich Bach (L. S. D. Bach), whose daughter Betty Sue bore P. D. Q. a child.

In 1770, P. D. Q. Bach started to write music, mostly by stealing melodies from other composers.

P. D. Q. Bach died on May 5, 1807; however, his grave was marked "1807-1742".

P. D. Q. Bach's Epitaph reads [as requested by his cousin Betty Sue Bach and written by the local doggerel catcher]:

Here lies a man with sundry flaws
And numerous Sins upon his head;
We buried him today because
As far as we can tell, he's dead.

In preconcert lectures, Schickele has revealed other information about P. D. Q. Bach's life:

P. D. Q. Bach had a substantial influence on Beethoven's deafness. This is due to the latter's habit of stuffing coffee grounds into his ears whenever he saw P. D. Q. Bach coming.

Lots more information (and a list of recording) at the link below. (Your local library might have some recordings - which are fabulously funny!)

Answer 2

P. D. Q. Bach is a fictional composer invented by musical satirist "Professor" Peter Schickele. In an extended joke that Schickele has used in a four-decade-long career, he performs "discovered" works of this forgotten member of the Bach family.

He has recorded this music on the Vanguard and Telarc labels. Shickele's music combines parodies of musicological scholarship, the conventions of Baroque and Classical music, and elements of slapstick comedy.

The name "P. D. Q." is a parody of the three-part names given to many members of the Bach family that are commonly reduced to initials, such as C. P. E., for Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. PDQ is an acronym for "pretty damn quick" in vernacular English.

Answer 3

PDQ Bach isn't a real historical person. He's a charector Peter Schickle created.

Answer 4

Check the website of Peter Schickele, the mad genius who created PDQ Bach (the 21st of J.S. Bach's 20 children).

http://www.schickele.com/

Answer 5

actual, JS Bach wasn't substantial in history in any respect. If he had on no account lived, the international right this moment could have been definitely a similar (different than that there would not be limitless compete recordings of his pietistic cantatas for a basically secular international). He lived and worked in minor German states (Cothen, Leipzig) which the broader international handed by employing. Frederick the super, the Duke of Marlborough, Louis XIV, to snatch 3 names of his time at random, have been in all probability extra substantial for the outcomes that they had on life and society frequently. whether, the international could be artistically infinitely poorer if he had on no account lived (whether my spouse, who can not stand his song would not agree in spite of that).