Sunday, January 21, 2024 | Uncategorized

Sadly, Peter Schickele died earlier this month. He was best known for his "discovery" of P.D.Q. Bach, the 21st child of J.S. Bach's 20 children.

Schickele was born in Iowa to immigrant parents. While in school, he studied composition in Fargo, North Dakota, under Sigvald Thompson of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra, then earned a music degree from Swarthmore College and a master’s from the Juilliard School. 

Schickele spent time in the 1960s and early 1970s composing music for such folk musicians as Joan Baez as well as scoring music for the science fiction cult classic “Silent Running.”  

If you'd like a chuckle, check out these videos:

https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/peter-schickele-1935-2024-composer-known-as-p-d-q-bach/