Peter Schickele

American composer, musical educator, and parodist (1935-2024)

Person Human Q1354646

Facts

20 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[18]
Date of birth: July 17, 1935
Date of death: January 16, 2024
Place of birth: Ames
Place of death: Bearsville
Country of citizenship: United States^[10]
Occupation: composer, musicologist, university teacher, film score composer, journalist, impressionist, writer, musician^[11]^[12]^[13]
Employer: Juilliard School^[15]
Field of work: musicology^[14]
Educated at: Juilliard School, Swarthmore College^[16]^[17]
Sibling: David George Schickele^[27]
Genre: opera^[19]
Official website: www.schickele.com^[25]
Family name: Schickele^[22]
Given name: Peter^[23]
Instrument: bassoon^[26]
Number of viewers/listeners: +572244^[28]
Pseudonym: P. D. Q. Bach^[24]
Record label: Vanguard Records, Telarc International Corporation^[20]^[21]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 69

ISNI: 0000000117632045
VIAF cluster ID: 51879688
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n80152931
GND ID: 103780777
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Peter Schickele.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000678356
Awards & Winners artist ID: 07s3vc6
BIBSYS ID: 90386803
Bach digital person ID: 00006740
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13941257q
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf10373502
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 57125

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CiNii Research ID: 1140845216493861376
Classical Archives composer ID: 12378
DBC author ID: 87097992069273
DDB person (GND) ID: 103780777
Deezer artist ID: 1198051
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 103780777
Dezède person ID: 13486
Discogs artist ID: 270429
Europeana entity: agent/base/146976
FAST ID: 64440
Fandango person ID: 599837
Film.ru person ID: peter-shikele
Freebase ID: /m/07s3vc6
Goodreads author ID: 378628
Grammy Awards artist ID: peter-schickele/9996
Grove Music Online ID: 24844
HAND ID: 0B26-0A01-CE03-3D03-B66C
IMDb ID: nm0771352
IdRef ID: 131475495
Internet Broadway Database person ID: 87927
J9U entity ID: 987007279973005171
KBR person ID: 14446131
Kallías ID: PE00389281
Kinobox person ID: 904796
LdiF person ID: 54135
Libraries Australia ID: 35480031
Libris-URI: hftwxnr14h5d36r
LiederNet composer ID: 7523
MGG Online ID: 53130
Movie Walker Press person ID: 21475
MusicBrainz artist ID: 8d748f6a-e24c-49cf-b93a-93e9d2fa48b3
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000239334
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA12044229
NL CR AUT ID: jo2017950844
NLA Trove people ID: 968116
NUKAT ID: n00090347
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:TzH;=Bs
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9813267841005606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX1114746
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 070178941
Open Library ID: OL2006256A
RERO ID (legacy): A006214293
RILM ID: 16392
SBN author ID: DDSV027558
SELIBR ID: 206761
SNAC ARK ID: w6n4215h
Songkick artist ID: 41503
Spotify artist ID: 0qsLni2812ukG5i1O0ff4c
TMDB person ID: 12118
The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID: 8050
Tidal artist ID: 3661201
Universal Music France artist ID: 20000150601
WikiTree person ID: Schickele-4
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJdMgRPVHbCtV6P6GJgFrq
Yale LUX ID: person/d050651d-b700-45e7-9aac-b7dee90c3635
YouTube channel ID: UCQRLT5fNYM4MT4ypfwwgazw
ČSFD person ID: 288099

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 7

writer, journalist, composer, impressionist, university teacher, musicologist, film score composer

Mb:performer of 4

An Hysteric Return: P.D.Q. Bach at Carnegie Hall, Report from Hoople: P. D. Q. Bach on the Air, The Stoned Guest, The Wurst of P. D. Q. Bach

Compositions 2

Silent Running, Oh! Calcutta!

Educated at 2

Juilliard School, Swarthmore College

Record label 2

Vanguard Records, Telarc International Corporation

← Mb:teacher 2

Darius Milhaud, William Bergsma

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Employer 1

Juilliard School

Field of work 1

musicology

Genre 1

opera

Given name 1

Peter

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

bassoon

Mb:is person 1

P. D. Q. Bach

Place of birth 1

Ames

Place of death 1

Bearsville

Sex or gender 1

male

← Creator 1

P. D. Q. Bach

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Summary

Peter Schickele was born on July 17, 1935^[1], in Ames^[2]. He died on January 16, 2024^[3], in Bearsville^[4]. He worked as a composer^[5], musicologist^[6], university teacher^[7], film score composer^[8], and journalist^[9].

FAQs

Where was Peter Schickele born?

Peter Schickele's place of birth was Ames^[2].

Where did Peter Schickele die?

Peter Schickele died in Bearsville^[4].

What did Peter Schickele do for work?

Peter Schickele worked as a composer^[5], musicologist^[6], university teacher^[7], film score composer^[8], and journalist^[9].

Where did Peter Schickele go to school?

Peter Schickele was educated at Juilliard School^[16] and Swarthmore College^[17].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Peter Schickele — place of birth (P19): Ames. Carnegie Hall linked open data. Retrieved 2022-05-02. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Peter Schickele — place of death (P20): Bearsville. nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Peter Schickele — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Peter Schickele — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Peter Schickele — educated at (P69): Juilliard School. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Peter Schickele — educated at (P69): Swarthmore College. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Peter Schickele — field of work (P101): musicology. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Peter Schickele — occupation (P106): composer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Peter Schickele — occupation (P106): musicologist. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Peter Schickele — occupation (P106): university teacher. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Peter Schickele — occupation (P106): film score composer. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Peter Schickele — occupation (P106): journalist. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Peter Schickele — occupation (P106): impressionist. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Peter Schickele — occupation (P106): writer. Retrieved 2019-05-22. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Peter Schickele — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Peter Schickele — employer (P108): Juilliard School. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Peter Schickele — genre (P136): opera. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Peter Schickele — record label (P264): Vanguard Records. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Peter Schickele — record label (P264): Telarc International Corporation. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Peter Schickele — date of birth (P569): July 17, 1935. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Peter Schickele — date of death (P570): January 16, 2024. nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Peter Schickele — family name (P734): Schickele. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Peter Schickele — given name (P735): Peter. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Peter Schickele — pseudonym (P742): P. D. Q. Bach. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Peter Schickele — official website (P856): https://www.schickele.com/. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Peter Schickele — instrument (P1303): bassoon. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Peter Schickele — sibling (P3373): David George Schickele. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Peter Schickele — number of viewers/listeners (P5436): 572,244. YouTube API. Retrieved 2025-11-28. wikidata.org.

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7d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Deezer artist ID → 1198051

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8d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tidal artist ID → 3661201

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Instrument → bassoon

Occupation → composer, musicologist, university teacher +1

Number of viewers/listeners → 572,244

Field of work → musicology

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