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The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection

compilation album by Peter Schickele
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The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection

Summary

The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection's composer is recorded as P. D. Q. Bach[4].
  • The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection's genre is classical music[5].
  • The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection's genre is parody music[6].
  • The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection followed The Short-Tempered Clavier and other dysfunctional works for keyboard[7].
  • The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection was followed by The Ill-Conceived P. D. Q. Bach Anthology[8].
  • The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection was performed by Peter Schickele[9].
  • The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection's record label is recorded as Vanguard Records[10].
  • The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection was published on January 1, 1996[11].
  • The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection's form of creative work is recorded as compilation album[12].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[13]

  • Secondary type(s): Compilation[14]

  • First release date: 1996-08-27[15]

  • Genre(s): classical, comedy, concerto, western classical[16]

  • Community tags: classical, comedy, concerto, western classical[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 33d48b1b-ccbd-33a8-93cc-a67dae7d7b77[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection was Peter Schickele[9].

Publication

The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection was published on January 1, 1996[11]. Genres include classical music[5] and parody music[6].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection followed The Short-Tempered Clavier and other dysfunctional works for keyboard[7]. It was followed by The Ill-Conceived P. D. Q. Bach Anthology[8].

Why It Matters

The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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