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, 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) 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.The Key of P.D.Q. Bach
Sources Portrait of P.D.Q. Bach, schickele.com
Notes
External links Complete list of music parodied in Eine Kleine Nichtmusik