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Peter Schickele

1935 - 2024 (age 88) • Sound

Born: 7/17/1935 in Ames, Iowa, USA

Died: 1/16/2024 (age 88)

Known for: Sound

Peter Schickele

Peter Schickele (July 17, 1935 – January 16, 2024) was an American bassoonist and composer. He created fictional composer P. D. Q. Bach, which earned him four consecutive Grammy Awards for Best Comedy Album (1990 - 1993).

Known For

Silent Running

64%

Original Music Composer

1972

The Man Who Saved the World

48%

Music

1982

Where the Wild Things Are

61%

Original Music Composer

1975

Oh! Calcutta!

34%

Original Music Composer

1972

Funnyman

44%

Original Music Composer

1967

Hanuman and the Five Kamen Riders

60%

Music

1975

Where the Wild Things Are... and other Maurice Sendak Stories

67%

2001

In The Night Kitchen

80%

Narrator

1987

No Turning Back: Scoring Silent Running

Music

2020

P.D.Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem!

Professor Peter Schickele

2006

P.D.Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem!

Writer

2006

'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman'

60%

Music

2002

'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull

Sound

2002

Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now

Music

2002

Where the Wild Things Are... and other Maurice Sendak Stories

67%

2001

The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued

Self

2000

In The Night Kitchen

80%

Narrator

1987

P.D.Q. Bach: The Abduction of Figaro

75%

Himself (Orchestra Conductor)

1984

P.D.Q. Bach: The Abduction of Figaro

75%

Original Music Composer

1984

The Man Who Saved the World

48%

Music

1982

Where the Wild Things Are

61%

Original Music Composer

1975

Where the Wild Things Are

61%

Conductor

1975

Hanuman and the Five Kamen Riders

60%

Music

1975

Horowitz in Dublin

100%

Original Music Composer

1973

Oh! Calcutta!

34%

Original Music Composer

1972

Silent Running

64%

Original Music Composer

1972

Funnyman

44%

Original Music Composer

1967

Israel: The Story of the Jewish People

Music

1965

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Peter Schickele

Peter Schickele

Known For

Silent Running

The Man Who Saved the World

Where the Wild Things Are

Oh! Calcutta!

Funnyman

Hanuman and the Five Kamen Riders

Where the Wild Things Are... and other Maurice Sendak Stories

In The Night Kitchen

No Turning Back: Scoring Silent Running

P.D.Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem!

P.D.Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem!

'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman'

'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull

Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now

Where the Wild Things Are... and other Maurice Sendak Stories

The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued

In The Night Kitchen

P.D.Q. Bach: The Abduction of Figaro

P.D.Q. Bach: The Abduction of Figaro

The Man Who Saved the World

Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are

Hanuman and the Five Kamen Riders

Horowitz in Dublin

Oh! Calcutta!

Silent Running

Funnyman

Israel: The Story of the Jewish People

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