Peter Schickele, musical parodist behind ‘P.D.Q. Bach,’ dies at 88.
I feel compelled to share a few personal notes. I remember, during my childhood and teens in the 1980s, listening to my father's PDQ Bach records. Also, my father took my brother and me to some PDQ Bach concerts.
In the 2010s, long after I had thrown away my record collection, when my father was moving away, my brother and I were going through some of his belongings to decide what to keep and what to throw away. This included some of his old records. I didn't even have a turntable at the time, so I didn't feel inclined to take many records, but somehow, I felt compelled to keep a few of them, including The Intimate PDQ Bach.
Later, I got a turntable, and - 3 years ago - feeling surprised that The Intimate PDQ Bach wasn't up on YouTube, I recorded it and uploaded it myself: Link
As with many of my efforts on the internet, my work later proved redundant, as someone else posted the record there as well: Link
But my involvement - however limited and superfluous - led to one thing. On this page...
...someone posted a comment just hours ago informing me of Schickele's death.