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The short-tempered clavier and other dysfunctional works for keyboard / P.D.Q. Bach.

Author/creator Schickele, Peter
Other author/creatorO'Riley, Christopher, performer.
Other author/creatorJames, Dennis, 1950- performer.
Other author/creatorRobinson, David F., 1935-2018 performer.
Format Audio (CD) and Musical Sound Recording
Publication InfoCleveland, Ohio : Telarc, ℗1995.
Description1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Uniform titleKeyboard music. Selections
Contents Opening & introduction (4:50) -- The short-tempered clavier : preludes and fugues in all the major and minor keys except for the really hard ones (S. easy as 3.14159265) (31:47) -- Introduction (3:16) -- Little pickle book (9:59) -- Introduction (1:16) -- Sonata da circo = Circus sonata (S. 3 ring) (8:43) -- Calliope frustration (:26) -- Introduction (1:07) -- Three chorale-based piecelets (S. III) (8:55) -- Epilogue (1:24)
General noteEds. recorded: Theodore Presser.
Performer Peter Schickele, narrator, steam calliope (3rd work) and organ (4th work) ; Christopher O'Riley, piano (1st work) ; Dennis James, theater organ (2nd work) ; David Robinson, steam calliope (3rd work) ; U.S. Senate Committee on Stupid Funding for the So-Called Arts, dill piccolos (2nd work).
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded in Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Mass, Feb. 22, 1995 (1st work), in the Imperial Spud Theatre, Hoople, N.D. (2nd work) and next to the feedlots at King Congregational Church, Fayray, N.D. (4th work) [i.e. Studio 1, Commercial Recording Studio, Cleveland, Ohio], May 1, 1995, and at the International Circus Hall of Fame, Peru, Ind., May 30, 1995 (3rd work).
UPC 8940803902
Publisher numberCD-80390 Telarc

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