1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults

Infobox Album
Name = 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults
Type = studio
Artist = P. D. Q. Bach


Released = 1989
Recorded = January 10–11, 1989
Genre = Classical
Comedy
Length = 63:08
Label = Telarc Records
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "A Little Nightmare Music"
(1983)
This album = "1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults"
(1989)
Next album = "Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities"
(1990)

"1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults" is a classical music album released in 1989 by Telarc Records. The album contains works by P. D. Q. Bach, the alter ego of Professor Peter Schickele (as well as tracks credited to Schickele himself). It is scored "for really big orchestra and some not-quite so big ensembles, plus unique on-location introductions, spoken on the very historical spots where the actual history happened."

Performers

*Professor Peter Schickele, conductor, narrator, pianist, devious instrumentalist and intellectual guide
*The Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic, Walter Bruno, conductor
*I Virtuosi di Hoople

Track listing

# Introduction (1:35)
# "1712 Overture", S. 1712 (P.D.Q. Bach) (11:33)
"(Parody of the 1812 Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky")
# Introduction (1:12)
# "Bach Portrait" (Prof. Schickele) (14:32)
"(Parody of Lincoln Portrait by Aaron Copland)"
# Introduction (2:53)
# Capriccio "La Pucelle de New Orleans" ("The Maid of New Orleans"), S. under 18 (P.D.Q. Bach) (3:25)
# Introduction (1:14)
# "Minuet Militaire", S. 1A (P.D.Q. Bach) (3:41)
# Introduction (1:33)
# Prelude to "Einstein on the Fritz", S. e=mt² (P.D.Q. Bach) (6:37)
"(A parody on the title of the opera Einstein on the Beach by Philip Glass and of Glass's music in general.)
# Introduction (1:47)"The Preachers of Crimetheus", a ballet in one selfless act, S. 988 (P.D.Q. Bach) (12:27)

12. I. Prologue (Bottomless Sorrow; Topless Gaiety) (3:18)
13. II. The Lamentations of Jerry Maja (3:06)
14. III. Finale: Special Deliverance (5:57)

::Index 1: Theme (windbreaker) (0:35)::Index 2: Variation 1 (balloons) (0:24)::Index 3: Variation 2 (slide whistle) (1:06)::Index 4: Variation 3 (slide windbreaker) (0:16)::Index 5: Variation 4 (lasso d'amore) (2:31)::Index 6: Variation 5 (foghorn, bells, kazoo) (1:05)

Caution! Digital Sound Effects

"Warning! The balloons on track 2, the special sound effects on track 6, and the foghorn on track 14 index 6, are recorded at a realistically high level. Damage could result to speakers or other components if this program is played back at excessively high levels."

"—from the CD liner notes"

ources

* [http://www.schickele.com/shoppe/pdqrec/ov1712.htm P.D.Q. Bach: 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults]

eea also

The Ill-Conceived P. D. Q. Bach Anthology