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
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]
