Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities

Studio album by

Released

1990

Label

Telarc

P. D. Q. Bach (Peter Schickele) chronology

1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults
(1989)

Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities
(1990)

WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio
(1991)

Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities was released in 1990 by Telarc Records.^[1] The album contains works by Peter Schickele under his alter-ego of P. D. Q. Bach and won a 1990 Grammy Award for 'Best Comedy Performance'.

Performers

Professor Peter Schickele, conductor, bass^[2]
The Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic, Newton Wayland, conductor
The Okay Chorale
Grandmaster Flab and the Hoople Funkharmonic
Pamela South, soprano (Billie Jo Casta)
Dana Krueger, mezzo-soprano (Madame Peep)
Frank Kelley (tenor)
Brice Andrus, horn

Track listing

Introduction
Oedipus Tex, opera/dramatic oratorio, S. 150
- Prologue: "Tragedy"
- Recitative: "Well"
- Aria with chorus: "Howdy there"
- Recitative: "And it wasn't long"
- Duet with chorus: "My heart"
- Recitative: "But"
- Aria: "You murdered your father"
- Recitative: "When Billie Jo heard"
- Aria with chorus: "Goodbye"
- Recitative: "When Oedipus heard"
- Chorus and Finale
Introduction
Classical Rap, S. 1-2-3
Introduction
Knock, Knock, choral cantata, S. 4/1
- Recitative and chorus: "Knock, knock"
- Recitative and chorus: "How many psychiatrists"
- Recitative and chorale: "What is the question?"
- Recitative and chorus: "So this guy"
Introduction
Birthday Ode to "Big Daddy" Bach, S. 100

References

^ P.D.Q. Bach: Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities at AllMusic
^ "P.D.Q. Bach: Oedipus Tex and other Choral Calamities". www.schickele.com. Retrieved 28 September 2016.

v t e P. D. Q. Bach
Albums	An Evening with P. D. Q. Bach (1965) An Hysteric Return (1966) Report from Hoople: P. D. Q. Bach on the Air (1967) The Stoned Guest (1970) The Wurst of P. D. Q. Bach (1971) The Intimate P. D. Q. Bach (1974) Portrait of P. D. Q. Bach (1977) Black Forest Bluegrass (1979) Liebeslieder Polkas (1980) Music You Can't Get Out of Your Head (1982) A Little Nightmare Music (1983) 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults (1989) Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities (1990) WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio (1991) Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion (1992) Two Pianos Are Better Than One (1994) The Short-Tempered Clavier and other dysfunctional works for keyboard (1995) The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection (1996) The Ill-Conceived P. D. Q. Bach Anthology (1998) The Jekyll and Hyde Tour (2007)
Compositions	The Abduction of Figaro Concerto for Horn and Hardart Echo Sonata for Two Unfriendly Groups of Instruments Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion Oedipus Tex Pervertimento for Bagpipes, Bicycle and Balloons The Stoned Guest
Videos/DVDs	The Abduction of Figaro (1984) P. D. Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem! (2006)
Books	The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach, 1807–1742? (1976, by Peter Schickele)

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