''1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults'' is a

classical music Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" also ...

album released in

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

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 associ ...

. The album contains works by

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 ...

, the alter ego of Professor

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 ...

(as well as tracks credited to Schickele himself). It is scored for "really big

orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...

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 Walter Bruno was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His career as a writer of plays includes three productions, ''Shouting for Joy'' and ''Hand-to-Hand'', and, in collaboration, a translation of Alfred Jarry, Alfred Jarry's ''Ubu the King'', all s ...

, 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 ( , ,New Orleans
Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nuev ...

)'', S. under 18'' (3:25) *Introduction (1:14) *''Minuet Militaire, S. 1A'' (3:41) * Introduction (1:33) *Prelude to Einstein on the Fritz, S. e=mt² (6:37) *Introduction (1:47) *'' The Preachers of Crimetheus, a ballet in one selfless act, S. 988'' (12:27) **Prologue (Bottomless Sorrow; Topless Gaiety) (3:18) **The Lamentations of Jerry Maja (3:06) **Finale: Special Deliverance (5:57)

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