• restricted access Suite No. 1 for Cello All by Its Lonesome (S. 1a), and: Suite No. 2 for Cello All by Its Lonesome (S. 1b), and: "Goldbrick" Variations for Piano, Two Hands (S. 14), and: The Short-Tempered Clavier: Preludes and Fugues in All the Major and Minor Keys except for the Really Hard Ones (S. 3.14159, easy as), and: Sonata "Abassoonata" for Bassoon and Piano (S. 888), and: Three Chorale-Based Piecelets for Organ (S. III), and: Little Pickle Book (Pockelbuchlein) for Organ, at Least (S. 6), and: Sonata da Circo (Circus Sonata) for Organ or Whatever (S.3 Ring), and: Four Folk Song Upsettings (S. 4) (review)

  • H. Stephen Wright
  • Notes
  • Music Library Association
  • Volume 57, Number 4, June 2001
  • pp. 1002-1005
  • 10.1353/not.2001.0120
  • Review
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Suite No. 1 for Cello All by Its Lonesome (S. 1a), and: Suite No. 2 for Cello All by Its Lonesome (S. 1b), and: "Goldbrick" Variations for Piano, Two Hands (S. 14), and: The Short-Tempered Clavier: Preludes and Fugues in All the Major and Minor Keys except for the Really Hard Ones (S. 3.14159, easy as), and: Sonata "Abassoonata" for Bassoon and Piano (S. 888), and: Three Chorale-Based Piecelets for Organ (S. III), and: Little Pickle Book (Pöckelbüchlein) for Organ, at Least (S. 6), and: Sonata da Circo (Circus Sonata) for Organ or Whatever (S.3 Ring), and: Four Folk Song Upsettings (S. 4)


P. D. Q. Bach. Suite No. 1 for Cello All by Its Lonesome (S. 1a). Edited, with the loneliness known only to those of integrity, by Professor Peter Schickele. Bryn Mawr, Penn.: Theodore Presser, c1996. [Program notes, 1 p.; score, p. 4-6. 114-40832. $6.95; duration: ca. 59.]

P. D. Q. Bach. Suite No. 2 for Cello All by Its Lonesome (S. 1b). Edited, with the loneliness known only to those of integrity, by Professor Peter Schickele. Bryn Mawr, Penn.: Theodore Presser, c1996. [Program notes, 1 p.; score, p. 3-6. 114-40833. $6.95; duration: ca. 89.]

P. D. Q. Bach. "Goldbrick" Variations for Piano, Two Hands (S. 14). Shirkingly edited by Professor Peter Schickele. Bryn Mawr, Penn.: Theodore Presser, c1996. [Program notes, 1 p.; score, p. 4-11. 110- 40706. $10.95; duration: ca. 69.]

P. D. Q. Bach. The Short-Tempered Clavier: Preludes and Fugues in All the Major and Minor Keys except for the Really Hard Ones (S. 3.14159, easy as). Edited for post-modern fingers by Professor Peter Schickele, with performance notes by the professor in five languages. Bryn Mawr, Penn.: Theodore Presser, c1998. [Program notes, p. ii-iii; graphic analysis of the A-minor prelude, p. iv-v; performance notes in Eng., Fr., Ger., Pig Lat., Egypt. hieroglyphs., p. vi.; score, p. 7-46. 410-41313. $17.95; duration: ca. 369.]

P. D. Q. Bach. Sonata "Abassoonata" for Bassoon and Piano (S. 888). Woodenly edited by Professor Peter Schickele. Bryn Mawr, Penn.: Theodore Presser, c1996. [Performance, program notes, 1 p.; score, p. 3-14. 114-40746. $12.50; duration: ca. 99.]

P. D. Q. Bach. Three Chorale-Based Piecelets for Organ (S. III). Edited, in a highly organized fashion, by Professor Peter Schickele. Bryn Mawr, Penn.: Theodore Presser, c1996. [Program notes, 1 p.; score, p. 3-9. 413-41146. $9.95; duration: ca. 99.]

P. D. Q. Bach. Little Pickle Book (Pöckelbüchlein) for Organ, at Least (S. 6). Tastefully edited by Professor Peter Schickele. Bryn Mawr, Penn.: Theodore Presser, c1996. [Performance, program notes, 2 p.; score and 2 parts (dill piccolo, percussion), p. 4-19. 413-41144. $15; duration: ca. 69.]

P. D. Q. Bach. Sonata da Circo (Circus Sonata) for Organ or Whatever (S. 3 Ring). Whipped into shape by Professor Peter Schickele. Bryn Mawr, Penn.: Theodore Presser, c1996. [Performance, program notes, 1 p.; score, p. 3-13. 413-41145. $12.50; duration: ca. 99.]

P. D. Q. Bach. Four Folk Song Upsettings (S. 4). Edited, but not gussied up, by Professor Peter Schickele. Bryn Mawr, Penn.: Theodore Presser, c1996. [Notes, 1 p.; score, p. 3-18. 111-40140. $15; duration: ca. 99.]

The bizarre case of P. D. Q. Bach (1807- 1742?; hereafter identified as P. D. Q.) presents a perplexing and...

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