Description
- Composers: Peter Schickele (1935-2024), P.D.Q. Bach
- Instrumentation: SATB Choir
- Work: P.D.Q. Bach: Long Live the King, S. 1789
- Binding:
- Work Language: English
- ISBN: 9781598062502
- Size: 6.7 x 10.6 inches
- Pages: 8
Description
Theodore Presser Company announces the release of its first P.D.Q. Bach octavo in about ten years, a hilarious and satirical ode to the King of France, who was beheaded during the French Revolution, complete with sound effects. The historical tie-in makes Long Live the King appropriate for high school choir in particular. The program notes have a fictitious story about how the composer found an old manuscript written by his departed uncle, with a note – “I have just composed in A Major choral work in honor of the recent revolution in France, called Long Live the King; the title, I hasten to assure you, is meant to be ironic – my sympathies are always with the people, especially the people who run taverns. The invention of the guillotine gives, I think you will agree, new meaning to the term “head of state.” for intermediate choirs. Duration: 2′
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