RIP Peter Schickele

[Canard]

Talented musician, composer, and humorist. Gone at 88.

I saw him in concert once, not in his capacity as serious composer but as a humorist in his performance of PDQ Bach.

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His composition and conducting work for Joan Baez

 

[Rob Reilly]

I was in the music fraternity in college, and I remember everyone in the music school loved PDQ Bach, but you had to be a classically trained musician to understand a lot of his jokes, as of course we all were. I recall there was one called Concerto for Horn and Hardart. The hardart was an instrument which incorporated popping balloons and you played it by putting coins in slots.

 

[chazmo]

Do you know what Horn and Hardart was, Reilly? That might've been something only New Yorkers knew about.

 

[WaltW]

Do you know what Horn and Hardart was, Reilly? That might've been something only New Yorkers knew about.

I loved the Automat as a kid............I thought it was cool to put a coin or two in the slot and the glass door opened and you got your food. Quite an inovation in it's day.