Thanks for posting this! I owned this vinyl disc back in the '70s. Fun to hear the scratching and pops. It was real sound (analog) instead of sound reconstituted from numbers (digital). What Schickele does here is nothing short of genius.
This is truly a classic and a classic and a frightfully good tune and a little baroque and another classic. And another. Oh and one more. I'll be humming this tune all day. I...Can't...Get...It...Out...Of....My....HEAD!!! There. And a mashup.
Brilliant... while it took sooooo many great composers to create the original pieces, it took just one Certified Genius to bring them all together in one magnificent, hilarious, piece!!. Bravo!! :)
I had the great good fortune to have toured with Peter and the NY Pick Up Orchestra. My instruments were: bassoon, tromboon, double reed by itself and in a music stand. Peter was always wonderful, zany and loving with all of us in the chamber group. WHAT a BLAST it was and what joy and fun the audiences had as well. Thanks Peter, for all the great memories. I see you occasionally near my cabin in Woodstock, NY.and can't wait to say "HI" again. Yours, Peter Simmons
More to the point, no one _would._ The classical art is cursed with serious mindedness and walls built and unbuilt. In NY only your chops need be serious.
Just awesome. I'm playing Brahms 2 this week (the first thing you hear in the Unbegun Symphony) and since I was in college 30 years ago I can't play it without thinking of this piece and cracking up - on stage!
Only one movement is presented here. When I heard it presented over the radio, Prof. Schickele said that one reason it was called the "Unbegun" Symphony was "[he] was born too late to write the first and second movements," hence only a third and a fourth movement. This recording omits the Minuet. I think the recording comes from "The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach," a compilation of excerpts of works. Be that as it may, it's a stunning combination of themes in hilarious ways. Ives would have been proud!
@@pyruvatepersonage it's not a key change from any special tune... he starts off from the beginning of mozart's jupiter symphony, and just abruptly modulates everything down a whole step from what you're expecting... lol
German. 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.
That's part of what made this so brilliant, even the "original" title Pathetic Symphony. This sequence consists of Tchaikovsky's 6th "Pathetique", starting with the 1st & 3rd movements being played simultaneously, flowing into the 2nd & 4th movements. If you know Pathetique well, it's hilarious. Now, can somebody please post the Quodlibet for Chamber Orchestra already?
there's supposed to be 2 parts here, "movement 3 and 4"... why did you edit out movement 3 and skip from the intro to the last part? you should at least mention that you did that in the description...
TheBigMclargehuge Wow. Not merely a tiki-torch Nazi, but a full-blown ACTUAL Nazi! You have stronger convictions than many of your peers! Too bad you’re too cowardly to use your own name. One day a nice Jewish boy will kick your ass. And a nice Jewish boy will save your life in the hospital. And a nice Jewish boy will defend you in court because you cannot afford to hire your own lawyer, so you got stuck with a Yid. That will be hilarious.
Saw him last night at Town Hall. Looking all of his 80 years but still as wonderful as ever. I have missed his concerts and his music.
I saw him back in the 80s. I hope I have a chance of seeing this master at work once again.
Thanks for posting this! I owned this vinyl disc back in the '70s. Fun to hear the scratching and pops. It was real sound (analog) instead of sound reconstituted from numbers (digital). What Schickele does here is nothing short of genius.
Had the Werst of PDQ Bach as a kid... loved the humor in music. I just hope one day that my kids "get it".
The Wurst is yet to com.
I had the PDQ egg nog.
This is truly a classic and a classic and a frightfully good tune and a little baroque and another classic. And another. Oh and one more. I'll be humming this tune all day. I...Can't...Get...It...Out...Of....My....HEAD!!! There. And a mashup.
Brilliant... while it took sooooo many great composers to create the original pieces, it took just one Certified Genius to bring them all together in one magnificent, hilarious, piece!!. Bravo!! :)
I had the great good fortune to have toured with Peter and the NY Pick Up Orchestra. My instruments were: bassoon, tromboon, double reed by itself and in a music stand. Peter was always wonderful, zany and loving with all of us in the chamber group. WHAT a BLAST it was and what joy and fun the audiences had as well. Thanks Peter, for all the great memories. I see you occasionally near my cabin in Woodstock, NY.and can't wait to say "HI" again. Yours, Peter Simmons
Never gets old! And no one could do it like NYC musicians...
More to the point, no one _would._ The classical art is cursed with serious mindedness and walls built and unbuilt. In NY only your chops need be serious.
It’s the overlays of the same work that get you, along with the juxtapositions of works far apart in time and space.
Just awesome. I'm playing Brahms 2 this week (the first thing you hear in the Unbegun Symphony) and since I was in college 30 years ago I can't play it without thinking of this piece and cracking up - on stage!
If you don't have time to listen to all tchaik 6:
4:30 to 5:20 pretty much covers all the important moments
A wonderful hotch-potch of humour and unexpected turns of musical ideas. An upbeat start of this day.
Too cool for school. LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS !!!
Brilliant.
Tout comme les "Festivals Hoffnung", c'est absolument génial et très bien écrit. Les thèmes se supperposent parfaitement.
Camp Town Races was a song mu grandfather recorded with Columbia records in the big band era.
What can I say, other than Thank You....Thank You!....
introduced my nephew to PDQ, he is loving it! so I got him the Notebook for Betty Sue for Christmas to see if he'll learn to play it..
A genius!
Freude schöner Götterfunken!! The man's gone mad!! :D
Brilliant!
Only one movement is presented here. When I heard it presented over the radio, Prof. Schickele said that one reason it was called the "Unbegun" Symphony was "[he] was born too late to write the first and second movements," hence only a third and a fourth movement. This recording omits the Minuet. I think the recording comes from "The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach," a compilation of excerpts of works. Be that as it may, it's a stunning combination of themes in hilarious ways. Ives would have been proud!
Greatest moment in musical history: 4:29.
+Manny Laureano I'm kinda curious. Is there a particular well-known tune that the key change is from?
I can't think of any. It's just a jarring change that you're not prepared for is all, really. If you can think of any, it would be fun to know.
Now THAT’S a key change!
@@pyruvatepersonage yes. it is the second theme form Tchaikovsky's Pathetic symphony (1st part).
@@pyruvatepersonage it's not a key change from any special tune... he starts off from the beginning of mozart's jupiter symphony, and just abruptly modulates everything down a whole step from what you're expecting... lol
One of my favorite PDQ Bach pieces,LOL!
But it's not PDQ Bach, it's Schikele. It's easy to tell the difference. This is actually good music even though it's all stolen.
PDQ Bach IS Schikele
If you knew anything about PDQ bach, you would know that he died a long time ago. Peter Schikele is merely a historian.
"Well I have a new set of friends now..." :D
How many 'pearls of plagiarism' can YOU count...?
All that's missing is some quotes from Bruckner's 4th symphony...
German. 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.
As funny as ever!
5:03 is more than a parody...
That's part of what made this so brilliant, even the "original" title Pathetic Symphony. This sequence consists of Tchaikovsky's 6th "Pathetique", starting with the 1st & 3rd movements being played simultaneously, flowing into the 2nd & 4th movements. If you know Pathetique well, it's hilarious. Now, can somebody please post the Quodlibet for Chamber Orchestra already?
Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake are the composers of "I'm Just Wild About Harry"
Please, where is the horn's part in 5:36 from? I knew it, but now I can't remember :( ..
+Legolasicek The 1812 Overture.
Whoa! Thanks! I had some operatic march on my mind instead.. I'm unbelievably forgetting everything..
what is the song played by the trumpets at 3:06??
angus12100 The tune in the trumpets at 3:06 is "Camptown Races".
I believe, not sure, but yes, I think it's "Camptown Races" sing that song, doo dah! Doo Dah! All day long.
Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-Ti-Aye
The original classical music mashup
Can someone please tell me what starts playing on the high strings in the back ground around 3:06 please??
"The Galway Piper."
tommytimp Thank you very much
@merloon Never mind.. I've figured it out already. It was the 'Anchors Aweigh' theme... Thanks anyways...
it's stuck in my head now and i can't place it fffffuuuuuu
Anyone know what the march is at 4:35?
It is the third movement of Tchaikovsky 6th symphony (my very favourite), it is overlapping with the main theme of the first movement haha.
03:44 Schubert‘s Great
194 likes (195 with mine), and just one "hater". I'm thinking that one fellow or lady doesn't "get" P.D.Q. Bach.
Nice example of cry laughing @5:13
2:50
***It used to be called the Pathetic Symphony***
I'm dying from laughter here.
I've heard that some music appreciation teachers hand the students blue books and they have to identify all the themes
what's the song playing with the first movement for the jupiter symphony?
Well, I mean, that is how is name his spelled. I guess if it had to be Anglicized for some reason it would be something like Shikeley.
Well, PDQ Bach really knows how to liven up Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony.
This is funny.
there's supposed to be 2 parts here, "movement 3 and 4"... why did you edit out movement 3 and skip from the intro to the last part? you should at least mention that you did that in the description...
this is very funny
Is it just me or is this only the fourth mvt?
What song starts from him like this: " So anyway now hear the sound, of the very best rapper for miles around"... etc?
Here it is! It's the Classical Rap:
ruclips.net/video/pDgaLjgczrc/видео.html
Great comment!
@sAmfRancIs94 can you narrow that down a bit, maybe with a time code? Jupiter's all over the piece.
Early mashups. :-D
It's from the third movement of Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony, the "Pathetique".
Would love to hear a baritone come in on a delay with a nice blaring augmented 4th on the closing note of some of these.
"I'm just wild about Harry ..." and ,no, I don't know the composer.
Almost like a pratfall...
My mothertongue is German and i wanna know how to spell "Schickele" in English. Thank's a lot :^)
I don't get it.
TheBigMclargehuge Considering your interests, that hardly surprises me. There don’t tend to be many intelligent people who share your beliefs, bigot.
TheBigMclargehuge Wow. Not merely a tiki-torch Nazi, but a full-blown ACTUAL Nazi! You have stronger convictions than many of your peers!
Too bad you’re too cowardly to use your own name. One day a nice Jewish boy will kick your ass. And a nice Jewish boy will save your life in the hospital. And a nice Jewish boy will defend you in court because you cannot afford to hire your own lawyer, so you got stuck with a Yid.
That will be hilarious.
You do know this is meant to be a joke, right?
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The perfect music for Trump inaguration...(But he could not afford this)