P.D.Q. Bach

The unfortunately prolific alter ego of composer Peter Schickele, P.d.q. Bach is the last and least of the many children of Johann Sebastian Bach -- at least according to Schickele, reputedly the Professor of Music at the University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople. Releasing the beast of P.d.q. Bach's music upon a drowsing world in the year 1965, Schickele set upon a course of performing and recording the composer's works as they were, like some kind of musical zombie, disinterred. The music has required some creativity in the development of instruments such as the left-handed sewer flute, the slide music stand, the windbreaker and others.