| LC control no. | n 80152931 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Schickele, Peter |
| Variant(s) | Schickele, P. (Peter), 1935-2024 Schickele, Johann Peter, 1935-2024 |
| See also | Alternate identity: Bach, P. D. Q., 1742-1807 |
| Other standard no. | 0000 0001 1763 2045 51879688 Q1354646 |
| Biography/History note | Peter Schickele (1935-2024) was an American composer, arranger, and humorist. |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | New York (N.Y.) Upper West Side (New York, N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1935-07-17 |
| Death date | 2024-01-16 |
| Place of birth | Ames (Iowa) |
| Place of death | Bearsville (N.Y.) |
| Profession or occupation | Composers |
| Special note | Under AACR2 P. D. Q. Bach was considered not to be a pseudonym, but a character that Peter Schickele has created. In RDA, as a fictitious character, he is treated as a person entity. |
| Found in | His After spring sunset, 1961. His Capriccio "La pucelle de New Orleans," 1983?: t.p. (P. Schickele) Baker's biographical dictionary of twentieth-century classical musicians, c1997 (Schickele, Peter; b. July 17, 1935, Ames, Iowa; American composer and musical humorist) New Grove, 2nd ed. (Schickele, (Johann) Peter; b. July 17, 1935, Ames, IA; American composer, arranger, and humorist) Washington Post obituary, dated January 17, 2024, viewed January 18, 2024: (Peter Schickele, died Jan. 16, Bearsville, N.Y.) New York times, 19 Jan. 2024: in a front page obituary (Peter Schickele; born Johann Peter Schickele on July 17, 1935 in Ames, Iowa (grew up there, in Washington, D.C. and in Fargo, N.D.), died Tuesday [Jan. 16, 2024] in Bearsville, N.Y., aged 88; an American composer whose career as a writer of serious concert music was often eclipsed by that of his antic alter ego, the thoroughly debauched, terrifyingly prolific and mercifully fictional P.D.Q. Bach; split time between homes on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and in Bearsville; under his own name, Mr. Schickele composed more than 100 symphonic, choral, solo instrumental and chamber works, first heard on concert stages in the 1950s and later commissioned by some of the world's leading orchestras, soloists and chamber ensembles; also wrote film scores and musical numbers for Broadway) |
| Associated language | eng |
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