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sdfernando

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2. I've played many pieces

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Wed Apr 29, 2026, 11:24 AM

Apr 29

by PDQ Bach...always love them! The humor in them is amazing...but you kind of have to know a lot about music to get the little inside jokes.

If you ever get the chance, be sure to go see his opera...Hansel and Gretel and Ted and Alice, an opera in one unnatural act. It's a real hoot!

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"Grand serenade for an awful lot of wind and percussion" by P.D.Q. Bach arr: Peter Schickele [View all] marble falls Apr 29 OP

I found that the more you learn about classical music, the funnier he gets. Turbineguy Apr 29 #1

I've played many pieces sdfernando Apr 29 #2

I love Peter Schickele and PDQ Bach. Liberal In Texas Apr 29 #3

Eine Kleine Nichtmusik popped my "music is serious" bubble. marble falls Apr 29 #5

And don't forget: The Report From Hoople Liberal In Texas Apr 29 #4

Knocked over a percussion tray during a performance duckworth969 Apr 29 #6

Something like this ... marble falls Apr 29 #7