Portrait of P. D. Q. Bach

1977 studio album by P. D. Q. Bach

Studio album by

P. D. Q. Bach

Released

1977

Genre

Classical
Comedy

Length

44:36

Label

Vanguard Records

P. D. Q. Bach chronology

The Intimate
P. D. Q. Bach
(1974)

Portrait of P. D. Q. Bach
(1977)

Black Forest Bluegrass
(1979)

Portrait of P. D. Q. Bach was released in 1977 on Vanguard Records. The album features mostly the work of Peter Schickele writing as P. D. Q. Bach, with one contribution under his own name.

Performers

The New York Pick-Up Ensemble, Professor Peter Schickele, conductor
John Ferrante, bargain counter tenor
Harris Poor, basso blotto
Ransom Wilson and Diva Goodfriend-Koven, tape recorders, hand flutes, corrugahorn, nose flutes
Early Anderson, trombonus interruptus
Duh Brooklyn Boys Chorus, James McCarthy, director
John Solum, flute
Leonard Arner, oboe
Lorin Glickman, bassoon
Theodore Weis, trumpet
William G. Brown, French horn
Neal Di Biase, trombone

Track listing

Introduction (1:50)
Missa Hilarious, S. N₂O
- Yriekay (4:53)
- Gloria (3:02)
- Credo (3:47)
- Sanctus (3:49)
- Angus Dei (3:49)
Introduction (:28)
Eine Kleine Nichtmusik (Schickele) (11:45)
- Allegro
- Romanze
- Menuetto
- Rondo (Allegro)
Introduction (1:28)
Echo Sonata for Two Unfriendly Groups of Instruments, S. 99999999 (2:14)
Introduction (1:02)
A Consort of Choral Christmas Carols, S. 359 (6:29)
- "Throw the Yule Log On, Uncle John"
- "O Little Town of Hackensack"
- "Good King Kong Looked Out"

Eine Kleine Nichtmusik

Eine Kleine Nichtmusik ("A Little Not Music") is a quodlibet consisting of Mozart's work Eine kleine Nachtmusik played in its entirety, along with snippets of dozens of famous tunes heard in counterpoint throughout the piece, taken from both American folk music and the classical repertoire.^[1]