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    The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach
    The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach
    The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach
    Audiobook (abridged)1 hour

    The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach

    Written by Peter Schickele

    Narrated by Peter Schickele

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    Professor Peter Schickele's account of the life of little-known composer P.D.Q. Bach.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateOct 22, 2002
    ISBN9781598871173
    The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach

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    • 4/5
      Peter Schickele's character P.D.Q. Bach, the last of Johann Sebastian's twenty-odd children (also the oddest) truly takes on a life of his own in the send-up of musical biography. Puns abound. Visual jokes lurk everywhere. The Bach cognoscenti can delight in this abundance of hidden refferences - some subtle, some not so much.
    • 5/5
      Thank god the university of northwest North Dakota at Hoople produced a scholar like Schickele who has taken us into the life of one of the oddest composers of our time! (Keep your German dictionary handy in case you don't speak the language, because you will miss some of the better jokes.)
    • 5/5
      It’s a hoot. Still fun. We all need a laugh.
    • 5/5
      So funny!
      Cool music
      Thanks so much for originality and ingenuity
      Best
    • 4/5
      It's amusing and really quite clever! The classical musician would get the more subtle jokes. But it's amusing for anyone.