Biography
Johann Peter Schickele (; July 17, 1935 – January 16, 2024) was an American composer, musical educator and parodist, best known for comedy albums featuring his music, which he presented as being composed by the fictional P. D. Q. Bach. He also hosted a long-running weekly radio program called Schickele Mix. From 1990 to 1993, Schickele's P. D. Q. Bach recordings earned him four consecutive wins for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Joan
1967
Hits / Greatest & Others
1973
Portrait Of P.D.Q. Bach
1977
Dune
1977
Baptism
1968
My Fair, My Dark EP
2008
The Wurst Of P.D.Q. Bach
1971
The First 10 Years
1970
The Best Of Buffy Sainte-Marie
1970
Fire & Fleet & Candlelight
1967
Noël
1966
Other People's Songs
2010
The Songbook
1977
The Joan Baez Lovesong Album
1976
The Contemporary Ballad Book
1974
Report From Hoople: P.D.Q. Bach On The Air
1974
The Intimate P.D.Q. Bach
1973
An Hysteric Return - P.D.Q. Bach At Carnegie Hall
1966
A Little Nightmare Music
1983
Illuminations
1969
Credited work
710 releases · 82 albums · active 1965–2025
- Performance · 1,457
- Other credits · 440
- Production · 50
Studios: Vanguard Studios · Electric Lady Studios · Hans Tobeason, Inc. · Hip Pocket Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Joan Baez
- P.D.Q. Bach
- Buffy Sainte-Marie
- Various
- Beethoven
- Leopold Stokowski
- Mimi & Richard Fariña
- Peter Schickele And His Orchestra