Brass Calendar for Brass Quintet [1993], and: Ceremonial March for Piano or Organ [1955/56], and: Variations on a Medieval Theme for Organ [1958], and: Canzona for Organ (1960), and: Fantasy for Organ [1990], and: Viola Dreams: Quodlibet for String Quartet [1997], and: Eagle Rock: Sonatina for Cello and Piano [1996], and: Duo Caprice for Two Violins [1993], and: River Run: For Contrabass and Harpsichord [1976], and: Divertimento for 2 B[flat] Clarinets and Bassoon [1984;1996] (review)

Peter Schickele. Brass Calendar for Brass Quintet [1993]. Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Elkan-Vogel (Theodore Presser), c1999. [Program note, 1 p.; score, p. 3-24 and 5 parts. 164-00237. $37.50; duration: ca. 18'.]

Peter Schickele. Ceremonial March for Piano or Organ [1955/56]. Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Elkan-Vogel (Theodore Presser), c1999. [Score, 2 p.; program note, back cover verso. 160-00217. $3.95; duration: ca. 2'.]

Peter Schickele. Variations on a Medieval Theme for Organ [1958]. Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Elkan-Vogel (Theodore Presser), c1999. [Score, 5 p.; program note, back cover verso. 163-00044. $18.50; duration: ca. 4'.]

Peter Schickele. Canzona for Organ (1960). Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Elkan-Vogel (Theodore Presser), c1998. [Score, 3 p. 163-00043. $3.95; duration: ca. 4'.]

Peter Schickele. Fantasy for Organ [1990]. Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Elkan-Vogel (Theodore Presser), c1996. [Program note, 1 p.; score, p. 3-19. 163-00042. $18.50; duration: ca. 9'.]

Peter Schickele. Viola Dreams: Quodlibet for String Quartet, [1997]. Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Elkan-Vogel (Theodore Presser), c1999. [Program note, front cover verso; score, p. 1-4 and 4 parts. 164-00245. $12; duration: ca. 4'15".]

Peter Schickele. Eagle Rock: Sonatina for Cello and Piano [1996]. Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Elkan-Vogel (Theodore Presser), c1999. [Program note, 1 p.; score, p. 2-8 and part. 164-00243. $12; duration: ca. 4'30".]

Peter Schickele. Duo Caprice for Two Violins [1993]. Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Elkan-Vogel (Theodore Presser), c1999. [Program note, 1 p. (inside folio); 2 scores (loose-leaf in folio), 10 p. 164-00238. $15; duration: ca. 8'30".]

Peter Schickele. River Run: For Contrabass and Harpsichord [1976]. Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Elkan-Vogel (Theodore Presser), c1999. [Program note, 1 p.; score, p. 3-11. 164-00236. $14; duration: ca. 6'.]

Peter Schickele. Divertimento for 2 Bb Clarinets and Bassoon [1984; 1996]. Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Elkan-Vogel (Theodore Presser), c1999. [Program note, 1 p.; score, p. 3-12 and 3 parts. 164-00235. $20; duration: ca. 9'.]

A June 1959 press release in the Juilliard School Archives entitled "Special to the Fargo Forum" lauds composer Peter Schickele for the "double honors" he received at the school's commencement exercises that year. Juilliard School president William Schuman awarded Schickele the Richard Rodgers Scholarship in Composition and announced that he had been reappointed as a teaching assistant for the school's "Literature and Materials of Music" department. Accompanying the press release is a photo of Schickele's presentation for Juilliard's May 1959 Alumni Association concert that included the premiere of his Concerto for Horn and Hardart. The photo depicts the young Schickele with several other students, including his classmate Philip Glass, who helped design the special musical instruments used for this performance. The press release commends Schickele's humorous presentations, noting that "his ventures into musical humor, however, have not interfered with his serious composition."

Indeed, Schickele's long tenure as P. D. Q. Bach's manager and "alter ego" has not hampered his career as a serious composer. His work list on the Theodore Presser Company Web site at http://www.presser.com (accessed 15 March 2001; Elkan-Vogel, a Presser subsidiary, publishes all...