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Series I: Works Composed under Peter Schickele, 1955-2013
Series II: Works Composed under P.D.Q. Bach, 1966-2012
Series III: Memorabilia, 1874-1999

Peter Schickele Papers, 1874-2013, bulk 1955-2013

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Series II: Works Composed under P.D.Q. Bach, 1966-2012

Series II: Works Composed under P.D.Q. Bach consists of material related to compositions created by Peter Schickele and presented as the excavated work of the fictional composer P.D.Q. Bach. The series includes manuscript scores, annotated and revised versions, engraved parts, and sketches.

The series is arranged chronologically, with different compositions from the same year arranged in alphabetical order.


Box 15 Folder 1 Diverse Ayres , 1966

(manuscript fair copy; corrected copy)

Box 15 Folder 2 Perückenstück , 1966

(manuscript score)

Box 15 Folder 3 Should , 1966

(manuscript score copy)

Box 15 Folder 4 Sonata for Violin Four Hands , 1966

(manuscript copy; engraved parts masters)

Box 15 Folder 5 Fugue in C minor , 1967

(manuscript score copy)

Box 15 Folder 6 Traumarei , 1967

(manuscript copy)

Box 15 Folder 7 Two Madrigals , 1968

(manuscript score copy)

Box 15 Folder 8 "Erotica" Variations, 1972

(original and revised manuscripts)


Box 14 Folder 1 Please, Kind Sir , 1973

(cello part mock-up)


Box 13 Folder 1 Fanfare for the Common Cold , 1974

(published manuscript copy)

Box 13 Folder 2 Good King Kong Looked Out , 1976

(manuscript score and copy)

Box 13 Folder 3 O Little Town of Hackensack , 1976

(manuscript score)


Box 15 Folder 9 "Dutch" Suite, 1977/1979

(manuscript score; corrected copy)


Box 13 Folder 4 Liebeslieder Polkas , 1979

(manuscript score copy)

Box 13 Folder 5 Liebeslieder Polkas , 1979

(manuscript score)


Box 15 Folder 10 Three Teeny Preludes , 1980

(manuscript score)


Box 13 Folder 28 Twelve Quite Heavenly Songs , 1980, undated

(manuscript score copy; recording schedule)


Box 14 Folder 2 Choral Prelude: "Ah," , 1982

(manuscript copy)


Box 13 Folder 6 Shepherd on the Rocks with a Twist , 1982

(manuscript score)

Box 13 Folder 7 Sonata Innamorata , 1982

(manuscript score)


Box 15 Folder 11 A Veritable Paean of Praise , 1982

(manuscript score and copies)


Box 13 Folder 8 Canzon per Sonar , 1983

(manuscript score)


Box 14 Folder 3 Canzon per Sonar , 1983

(engraved parts masters)


Box 13 Folder 9 Knock, Knock Cantata: "I Dream," 1985/1990

(manuscript score)


Box 15 Folder 12 Four Folksong Upsettings , 1986

(manuscript score)


Box 13 Folder 10 The Magic Bassoon , 1986

(manuscript score)

Box 13 Folder 11 The Magic Bassoon , 1986

(pages from original parts and notes)


Box 14 Folder 4 The Magic Bassoon , 1986

(partial script with annotations)


Box 13 Folder 12 The Preachers of Crometheus , 1986

(bound score)

Box 13 Folder 13 The Preachers of Crometheus , 1986

(sketches)


Box 15 Folder 13 Little Pickle Book , 1987

(manuscript score)

Box 15 Folder 14 Come, Ye Sons of Art and Martha , 1989

(manuscript score)


Box 13 Folder 14 Fanfare for Fred , 1989

(manuscript score copy)

Box 13 Folder 15 Canzonetta "La Hooplina," , 1990

(manuscript score)

Box 13 Folder 16 Lip my Reeds , 1991

(manuscript score; engraved parts)


Box 15 Folder 15 The Short-Tempered Clavier , 1993

(manuscript score)


Box 13 Folder 17 Two Hearts, Four Lips, Three Little Words , 1993

(manuscript score)

Box 13 Folder 18 Here's to the OK Mozart Festival , 1994

(manuscript score)


Box 15 Folder 16 Sonata da Circo , 1995

(manuscript score)

Box 15 Folder 17 Three Chorale-Based Piecelets , 1995

(manuscript score)


Box 14 Folder 5 Long Live the King , 2001

(original version manuscript score)


Box 15 Folder 18 Long Live the King , 2001

(final version manuscript score)


Box 13 Folder 19 Sarah Neighed , 2003

(manuscript score)


Box 19 Folder 4 Eine Kleine Kiddiemusick , 2004

(original manuscript score and corrected manuscript score)


Box 13 Folder 20 Gott Sei Dank , 2004

(manuscript score; printed score with corrections; engraved score)

Box 13 Folder 21 Allegretto Gabinetto , 2005

(manuscript score)


Box 14 Folder 6 Joy to the World, Especially Out-of-Work Musicians , 2006

(manuscript score)


Box 13 Folder 22 The Mary Variations , 2012

(manuscript score)

Box 13 Folder 23 Air for G Strings , undated

(manuscript score)


Box 14 Folder 7 Air for G Strings , undated

(engraved score and parts)


Box 15 Folder 19 The Goldbrick Variations , undated

(manuscript score)

Box 15 Folder 20 Little Notebook for Piggy Bach , undated

(incomplete manuscript score)

Box 15 Folder 21 March of the Cute Little Wood Sprites , undated

(engraved parts masters)


Box 13 Folder 24 Royal Firewater , undated

(manuscript score; deleted trio)


Box 15 Folder 22 Sonata "Abassoonata,", undated

(manuscript score)


Box 13 Folder 25 Sonata Piccola , undated

(manuscript score; first version)

Box 13 Folder 26 Swing Sweet, Low Chariot , undated

(manuscript score)


Box 15 Folder 23 Swing Sweet, Low Chariot , undated

(manuscript piano arrangement)


Box 13 Folder 27 Throw the Yule Log On, Uncle John , undated

(manuscript score and copy)


Box 15 Folder 24 The "Trite" Quintet, undated

(engraved parts masters)