P.D.Q. Bach: Eine Kleine Nichtmusik-1,3,4

[FlyingAxblade]

is this from a movie?

[Bassoonloverz]

the front of the second movement sounds like the baseline from mozart's concerto for bassoon in Bb major 3rd mvmt lol

[Bassoonloverz]

i mean from the 3rd mvmt lol i thought the 3rd was the 2nd lol

[zenos700]

From somewhere beyond the grave, Mozart, Rimsky-Korsakov, Greig and Mussorgsky are all shitting their pants from laughter.

[moonyyummy]

Lol hilarious

[paxxop]

This was the first PDQ Bach I ever heard and it started me on a life-long love affair! Schikele is a first rate musical genius. Thank you, uploader, for making this available :)

[entropyftw]

I bet even Aaron Copland would have difficulty with this on the first go...

[mkworkman]

7:53 audio: from A Little Nigthmare Music album Eine Kleine Nichtmusik 1-3-4, music by P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742?) [Peter Schickele, born July 17, 1935)]

[TerminalEpistaxis]

Here it is with all the movements: v=68_j6yU4Whg

[tnsnamesoralong]

@TerminalEpistaxis

Thanks a lot

[bryancti]

Anyone know what the theme is in the piccolo starting at 5:11? I feel like it's a fugue subject.

[harmathdenes]

See wikipdq.wikia.com/wiki/Eine_Kl­eine_Nichtmusik

[tnsnamesora]

@harmathdenes

WoW! Thanks a lot! :o)

[rodsk8dude]

Someone can tell me from where is 6:37 - 6:39 ?

[tnsnamesoralong]

@rodsk8dude

Edward Grieg: Peer Gynt Op.46

In the Hall of the Mountain King

[BFX9000]

LOL, Whoever that can name all the references deserves a grand prize!

[Kowgan]

This piece! Exactly, this piece! I was searching for this since... some years ago! And I found it! It's just Worderful!

[pompogna]

Great!

[estring123]

LMFAO a little nightmare music thats the best phrase ive heard in a month

[strukhoff]

@masterhalco hey, I'm a trumpet player and I resemble that remark. There's no note that can't be played higher, louder, and held longer!

[quibix]

Do you have the version with vocals, "A Little Nightmare Music"?

[tnsnamesora]

@quibix

Yes, I have got the full P.D.Q. Bach's oeuvre/life-work on original CD's. But I don't want upload anything else, sorry.

[quibix]

That's all right, as I have the CD I mentioned. BTW, do you all follow NPR in general and/or "From the Top" specifically? Peter has appeared on that program a few times.

[MrWepps]

It surprises me that there isn't more of this on Youtube. After all, Pete Schikele worked very hard to get PDQ Bach in front of the public.

[quibix]

I certainly appreciate his work. I even lobbied successfully to get him played on the local |NPR station.

[BillSalem]

All those quotations get a little tiresome as if it were a one-joke piece beaten to death, and in some places, they seem arbitrary; so the piece sags in the middle, as, finally, it seems forced. A little judicious editing would help considerably. The only thing left out was Row, Row, Row Your Boat. Though I did enjoy the way Oh, Susannah! on the piccolo arises quite easily out of Mozart's counter-melody. Ditto, Strauss's, Tyl Eulenspiegel theme which closes the piece.

[zcrzcr]

haha, there is also a motive from Shostakovich's 9th symphony (1st movement's flute and violin solo), played very very slowly - 3:36-3.42 - hilarious!

[AbnDrkNyt]

When I was in Music Literature Class, the professor used this as a "Name that Tune" game for prep for the final. It was some of the most fun I ever had in a college class.

[annikee59]

Thank you! I'll never forget seeing PDQ Bach at Carnegie Hall in 75 or 76?! (It was the 70s) and Thanks, Peggy, wherever you are, for making me go! I'm a lifelong fan.

[aalg4c]

Theres a mozart clarinet concerto in there also.

[aalg4c]

@aalg4c not a clarinet concerto, sorry its the opening of an aria 'Voi che sapete' from the marriage of figaro.

[plzhelpme]

Fantasztikus! Úgy

[ClassicFrenchHorn]

In no paticular order I found:

Mexican Hat Dance, William Tell, Stars and Stripes, Dvorak 9, Till Eulenspiegel, Nutcracker March, Oh Susanna, Take Me Out to the Ball Game, Dixie Land, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Beethoven 5, Franck Symphony in d minor, Rachmaninov 2nd Piano concerto, Farmer in the Dell, Orpheus in the Underworld.... and others who's name excapes me. It's a great work!

[composerchick1277]

Utter genius. Completely amazing!! Bravo! :D

[jl343]

I know there are more in there, but the quotes I heard were (not in any order) Rachmaninov 2nd In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt) Petrushka Dixie Mexican Hat Dance Dvorak 9th Nutcracker Suite Beethoven 5th Oh Susanna William Tell Overture

[kevinwroblewski]

Loved the dvorak 9th symphony quote!

[randomtrivia384]

Where else will you hear the Mexican Hat Dance followed by a reference to "music of the night" and then a quote from Rach 2?! Pure, (almost) unrivalled, sheer musical genius.

[oshuhua]

Oh thank you so much!!

[pitschi2001]

rachmaninoff quote - the best! :D

[C3P0meetsData]

I love how Nichtmusik means "Not Music" in German

[debs4mysweetbaby]

@C3P0meetsData  Yes me too!!! lol :)

[zlytherin]

hahaha this is so funny! xD

[marcoklaue]

I made the mistake of listening to this while I was eating. I almost sprayed a mouthful across the screen at 3:55.

[Nibor7301]

I even heard the theme to Mozart's first symphony tin there! And from the last movement of his 41st!

[Nibor7301]

I even heard the theme to Mozart's first symphony tin there!

[ChyronJay]

It is so good to hear this again. As a kid I heard this before I listened to the original Nachtmusik, and now I can't listen to that without hearing the themes here. Schickele is a musical genius.

[cjwright79]

There's no point in parodying genius.

[meatpie27]

horrible

[masterhalco]

The Petrouchka quote which brings the whole thing to a standstill gets me every time. It's exactly what trumpet players do in real life.

[eref2000]

Fantasztikus! Úgy tudja összefűzni a különböző idézeteket, hogy egységes műnek hat. Jó zeneiműveltség-teszt is lehetne.