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Oedipus Tex And Other Choral Calamities
''Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities'' was released in 1990 by Telarc Records. The album contains works by Peter Schickele under his alter-ego of P. D. Q. Bach P. D. Q. Bach is a fictional composer invented by the American musical satirist Peter Schickele, who developed a five-decade-long career performing the "discovered" works of the "only forgotten son" of the Bach family. Schickele's music combines ... and won a 1990 Grammy Award for 'Best Comedy Performance'. Performers * Professor Peter Schickele, conductor, bass * The Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic, Newton Weyland, conductor * The Okay Chorale * Grandmaster Flab and the Hoople Funkharmonic * Pamela South, soprano (Billie Jo Casta) * Dana Krueger, mezzo-soprano (Madame Peep) * Frank Kelley (tenor) * Brice Andrus, horn Track listing *Introduction *'' Oedipus Tex, opera/dramatic oratorio, S. 150'' **Prologue: "Tragedy" **Recitative: "Well" **Aria with chorus: "Howdy there" **Recitative: "And it wasn't lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Schickele
"Professor" Peter Schickele (; born July 17, 1935) is an American composer, musical educator, and parody, parodist, best known for comedy albums featuring his music, but which he presents 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. Early life Schickele was born in Ames, Iowa, United States, to Alsace, Alsatian immigrant parents. His father, Rainer Schickele (1905, Berlin – 1989, Berkeley, California), son of the writer René Schickele, was an agricultural economist teaching at Iowa State University. In 1945, Schickele's father took a position at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.; then, in 1946, became chairman of the Agricultural Sciences Department at North Dakota Agricultural College (now North Dakota State University) in Fargo, North Dakota. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1712 Overture And Other Musical Assaults
''1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults'' is a classical music album released in 1989 by Telarc Records. The album contains works by P. D. Q. Bach, the alter ego of Professor Peter Schickele (as well as tracks credited to Schickele himself). It is scored for "really big orchestra and some not-quite so big ensembles, plus unique on-location introductions, spoken on the very historical spots where the actual history happened". Performers *Professor Peter Schickele, conductor, narrator, pianist, devious instrumentalist and intellectual guide *The Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic, Walter Bruno, conductor *I Virtuosi di Hoople Track listing *Introduction (1:35) *''1712 Overture, S. 1712'' (11:33) *Introduction (1:12) *'' Bach Portrait'' (Schickele) (14:32) * Introduction (2:53) * Capriccio ''La Pucelle de New Orleans ''(The Maid of New Orleans New Orleans ( , , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telarc Records
Telarc International Corporation is an American audiophile independent record label founded in 1977 by two classically trained musicians and former teachers, Jack Renner and Robert Woods. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, the label has had a long association with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra, as well as with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Although it started as a classical music label, Telarc has released jazz, blues and country music recordings. In 1996, Telarc merged with another independent label, Heads Up, now a Telarc subsidiary. In late 2005 both Telarc and Heads Up were bought by Concord Records. Today both labels operate as semi-autonomous units in the Concord Music Group. The Telarc Sound Telarc is noted for the high quality of its recordings, encapsulated in the slogan "The Telarc Sound". Its 1979 high-definition digital recording of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture (the first ever) became a popular way for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Kelley (tenor)
Frank Kelley is an American tenor who has performed in concert and in opera throughout North America and Europe. He holds music degrees from Florida State University and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Kelley has appeared with the San Francisco Opera, Brussels Opera (Professor Maginni in Hans Zender's ''Stephen Climax'', 1990), Boston Opera Theater, Boston Lyric Opera, Oper Frankfurt, Opéra de Lyon, Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona), and the New Israeli Opera. The other ensembles he has sung with include Emmanuel Music, Tanglewood Festival, Ravinia Festival, Marlboro Music Festival, Orchestra of St. Luke's, New Jersey Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Dallas Bach Society, Handel and Haydn Society, Cleveland Orchestra, PepsiCo SummerFare Festival, Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music Bach Festival, Next Wave Festival, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Mark Morris Dance Company, and the National Symphony Orchestra. Kelley has worked with the director Pet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oedipus Tex
''Oedipus Tex'' is a satirical Western-themed oratorio by P. D. Q. Bach that follows the adventures of Oedipus Tex ("you may have heard of my brother Rex") in Thebes Gulch. It was released on the album, ''Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities'' in 1990. Structure ''Oedipus Tex'' is a dramatic oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra with the following scenes. *I. Prologue: "Tragedy" ** Recitative: "Well" *II. Aria with chorus: "Howdy there" **Recitative: "And it wasn't long" *III. Duet with chorus: "My heart" **Recitative: "But" *IV. Aria: "You murdered your father" **Recitative: "When Billie Jo heard" *V. Aria with chorus: "Goodbye" **Recitative: "When Oedipus heard" *VI. Chorus and Finale Performers * Professor Peter Schickele, conductor, bass (Title Character) * The Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic, Newton Wayland, conductor * The Okay Chorale * Grandmaster Flab and the Hoople Funkharmonic * Pamela South, soprano (Billie Jo Casta) * Dana Krueger, mezzo-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Albums
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grammy Award For Best Comedy Album
The Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement in comedy." The award was awarded yearly from 1959 to 1993 and then from 2004 to present day. History There have been several minor changes to the name of the award over this time: *From 1959 to 1967 it was Best Comedy Performance *From 1968 to 1991 it was known as Best Comedy Recording *From 1992 to 1993 and from 2004 to the present day it was awarded as Best Comedy Album In 1960 and 1961 two separate awards were presented for the best spoken and for the best musical comedy performance. In 1994, after four consecutive years of wins by classical music comedy albums, the award was restricted to spoken word comedy albums and moved into the "spoken" field. From then through 2003, it was awarded as the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album. In 2004 the award was reinstated within the comedy field as the Grammy Award for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
