Peter Schickele

🎂 17th July 1935 (90 yrs) 📍 Ames, Iowa, USA

Known For

Biography

Peter Schickele (July 17, 1935 – January 16, 2024) was an American bassoonist and composer. He created fictional composer P. D. Q. Bach, which earned him four consecutive Grammy Awards for Best Comedy Album (1990 - 1993).

Movies Featuring Peter Schickele

P.D.Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem! (2006)

as Professor Peter Schickele

Where the Wild Things Are... and other Maurice Sendak Stories (2001)

The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued (2000)

as Self

In The Night Kitchen (1987)

as Narrator

P.D.Q. Bach: The Abduction of Figaro (1984)

as Himself (Orchestra Conductor)