Oedipus Tex
Oratorio by P. D. Q. Bach
Oedipus Tex is a satirical Western-themed oratorio by P. D. Q. Bach that follows the adventures of Oedipus Tex ("you may have heard of my brother Rex") in Thebes Gulch. It was released on the album, Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities in 1990.
Structure
Oedipus Tex is a dramatic oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra with the following scenes.
- I. Prologue: "Tragedy"
- Recitative: "Well"
- II. Aria with chorus: "Howdy there"
- Recitative: "And it wasn't long"
- III. Duet with chorus: "My heart"
- Recitative: "But"
- IV. Aria: "You murdered your father"
- Recitative: "When Billie Jo heard"
- V. Aria with chorus: "Goodbye"
- Recitative: "When Oedipus heard"
- VI. Chorus and Finale
Performers
- Professor Peter Schickele, conductor, bass (Title Character)
- The Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic, Newton Wayland, conductor
- The Okay Chorale
- Grandmaster Flab and the Hoople Funkharmonic
- Pamela South, soprano (Billie Jo Casta)
- Dana Krueger, mezzo-soprano (Madame Peep)
- Frank Kelley, tenor
- Brice Andrus, horn
References
- The Peter Schickele/ P.D.Q. Bach Webpage
- Oedipus Tex at Amazon.com
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- An Hysteric Return (1966)
- Report from Hoople: P. D. Q. Bach on the Air (1967)
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- The Wurst of P. D. Q. Bach (1971)
- The Intimate P. D. Q. Bach (1974)
- Portrait of P. D. Q. Bach (1977)
- Black Forest Bluegrass (1979)
- Liebeslieder Polkas (1980)
- Music You Can't Get Out of Your Head (1982)
- A Little Nightmare Music (1983)
- 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults (1989)
- Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities (1990)
- WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio (1991)
- Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion (1992)
- Two Pianos Are Better Than One (1994)
- The Short-Tempered Clavier and other dysfunctional works for keyboard (1995)
- The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection (1996)
- The Ill-Conceived P. D. Q. Bach Anthology (1998)
- The Jekyll and Hyde Tour (2007)
- The Abduction of Figaro (1984)
- P. D. Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem! (2006)
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