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s/o Two Instruments: Peter Schickele is a genius


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So, being a smart alek, when i saw the post asking about playing two instruments, I thought I'd go find a video of a piece I know written for "viola 4 hands" = two people playing one viola, written by Peter Schickele A.K.A. PDQ Bach.

 

Then I found this:

 

Which has three of my favorite humans: John Williams, Peter Schickele and Itzhak Perlman. It's music geek comedy gold, I tell you.

 

But I also remembered that Schickele used to have a PBS radio show called Schickele Mix specifically tailored to teach about classical music. I loved it as a kid. We've had some threads here about teaching music... maybe this would round out a curriculum? It's very enjoyable stuff.

 

Here's a link to his website, and you can find all sorts of neat things there, including old episodes of Schickele Mix. I will DEFINITELY be subjecting... er.. playing this for my boys.

http://www.schickele.com/index.htm

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I love PDQ Bach. We used to have some of his skits on records (that's dates me, doesn't it? LOL)

 

Sometimes when I'm teaching I still make reference to repeating something " like a broken record" and get blank stares in return. At least the college kids still know what they are thanks to turntablists.

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I love PDQ Bach. We used to have some of his skits on records (that's dates me, doesn't it? LOL)

 

 

I have those records now on my iTunes----my father transferred them when he got his first iPod. I used to buy cassette tapes of albums as they came out. When I was in jr high (late 70s) we went to a live performance of PDQ Bach-----some of my favorites were performed, like Hansel and Gretel and Ted and Alice :D

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