P.D.Q. Bach : musical satire

and the wit of Professor Peter Schickele

P.D.Q. Bach is the last and worst son of Johann Sebastian Bach, and he exists only in the mind of Professor Peter Schickele (tenured professor of Musical Pathology at University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople).

the name P.D.Q. Bach is a play on C.P.E. (Carl Philipp Emmanuel) Bach, an actual son of J.S. Bach. the P.D.Q. part is a good clue that the mu…