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TRAVERSE CITY — Pianist Jeffrey Biegel dreamed of working with composer Peter Schickele since the two met in the1980s. Biegel was a music student at Juilliard School in New York City when the two ...

P.D.Q. Bach, according to Professor Peter Schickele, was the “last but not least” child, the 21st child, of J.S. Bach. The works, unearthed at various unlikely spots in Europe, were found by Schickele ...

P.D.Q.'s first work performed onstage in 1965 was called "Concerto For Horn And Hartart." An album was released that same year, launching a parody mini-empire that ended up eclipsing Schickele's more ...

Peter Schickele, whose comedic parodies of classical music overshadowed his own strengths as a serious composer, died Tuesday at his home in Bearsville, N.Y. at 88. His daughter confirmed the death ...

FARGO — Peter Schickele wasn’t born in Fargo, but his more (in)famous persona, P.D.Q. Bach was. The Grammy Award winning musician and comedian, who died Jan. 17 at the age of 88 in his home in ...

TROY, N.Y. >> The Empire State Youth Orchestra will open its season this weekend with a local performance featuring music of the legendary P.D.Q. Bach. Special guest pianist Jeffrey Biegel, who has ...