''Black Forest Bluegrass'' is a recording of the music of

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 ...

under his comic pseudonym 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 ...

, featuring the composer and "a bluegrass band with a

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orchestra, a wind octet with toys, a commercial with a snake — this album has it all!" The album was released on

Vanguard Records Vanguard Recording Society is an American record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York City. It was a primarily classical label at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s, but also has a catalogue of recordings by a n ...

in 1979.

Performers

*Professor Peter Schickele, bass, conductor, snake (that's an instrument) *The New York Pick-Up Ensemble, Robert Bernhardt, conductor *John Ferrante, tenor *Eric Weisberg, mandolin and harmonica *Bill Keith, banjo and harmonica *Happy Traum, guitar and harmonica *Donald "Don" Palma, bass and harmonica According to the liner notes on the album, the performers pictured on the cover are

Tommy Mann Tommy may refer to: People * Tommy (given name) * Tommy Atkins, or just Tommy, a slang term for a common soldier in the British Army Arts and entertainment Film and television * Tommy (1931 film), ''Tommy'' (1931 film), a Soviet drama film * To ...

and his Magic Mountain Boys.

Track listing

*''Cantata: Blaues Gras (Bluegrass Cantata), S. 6 string'' **Recitative and Aria: "Blaues Gras" **Recitative: "O" **Aria: "Du Bist Im Land" **Recitative: "O" **Duet: "Ich Sehe" **Chorale: "Ich Gehe" **Duet: "Sag' Mir" *''No-no Nonette for assorted winds and toys, S. 86'' **First Movement **Second Movement **Third Movement **Fourth Movement **Last Movement *"Hear Me Through" from ''Diverse Ayres on Sundrie Notions, S. 99 44/100 ''

Sources

P.D.Q. Bach: Black Forest Bluegrass
P. D. Q. Bach albums 1979 albums 1970s comedy albums Vanguard Records albums {{1970s-album-stub