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Peter Schickele

Composer / Journalist / Impressionist (entertainment) / Writer | * 07/17/1935 († 88, 01/16/2024) | Ames (United States of America (USA))
Johann Peter Schickele (July 17, 1935 – January 16, 2024) was an American composer, musical educator and parodist, best known for comedy albums featuring his music, which he presented as being composed by the fictional P.D.Q. Bach. He also hosted a long-running weekly radio program called Schickele Mix. From 1990 to 1993, Schickele's P.D.Q. Bach recordings earned him four consecutive wins for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Comedies | Animation

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Based on the controversial off-Broadway musical comedy revue, "Oh! Calcutta!" is a series of musical numbers about sex and sexual mores. Most of the skits feature one or more performers in a state of ...

Oh! Calcutta!

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1972 | 1.5/5 | 1h 40min
Comedy, Music
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Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' and adds seven new shorts. ...

Fantasia 2000

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1999 | 3.5/5 | 1h 14min
Animation, Kids & Family, Music
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Chorus, Corpse de Ballet, Orchestra of the Minnisota Opera, the Whole Schmeer, under the direction of Professor Peter Schickele Based on several of Mozart's most famous Operas including The Marriage o ...

P.D.Q. Bach: The Abduction of Figaro

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1984 | 4.0/5 | 2h 24min
Comedy, Music
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In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet's ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft. When word comes in that the pods are to be jettisoned into space and destroyed ...

Silent Running

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1972 | 3.2/5 | 1h 29min
Adventure, Science Fiction
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Movies with Peter Schickele as Actor(1)

as Narrator1987 In The Night Kitchen

Movies with Peter Schickele as Crew(6)

Sound/Music2002 Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now
Sound/Music2002 "Silent Running' By DIrector Douglas Trumbull
Sound/Music2002 'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman'
Sound/Music1984 P.D.Q. Bach: The Abduction of Figaro
Sound/Original Music Composer1972 Silent Running
Sound/Original Music Composer1967 Funnyman

Full Name: Peter Schickele
Born: Wednesday, 07/17 1935 (July) in Ames (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 01/16 2024 (January) in Bearsville (aged: 88)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Educated at: Juilliard School, Swarthmore College
Employer: Juilliard School
Record Label: Vanguard Records, Telarc International Corporation
Other names for Peter Schickele (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"P. D. Q. Bach" (Pseudonym)
Peter Schickele frequently works together with these people:
Laurent Bouzereau (6x, Crew)
John Korty (4x, Crew)
Douglas Trumbull (4x, Actor)
Bruce Dern (3x, Actor)
Peter Bonerz (2x, Crew)
Marian Mansi (2x, Crew)
Ron Siegel (2x, Crew)
Colleen A. Benn (2x, Crew)
Brett Brooke (2x, Crew)
Hunter Mayers (2x, Crew)
Ray Quiroz (1x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1025083, Added: 11/29/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024