Editing Peter Schickele (section)

==Other musical career==
Schickele composed more than 100 original works for [[orchestra|symphony orchestra]], choral groups, [[chamber music|chamber ensemble]], voice, television and an animated adaptation of ''[[Where the Wild Things Are]]'' (which he also narrated).<ref name=TT>''[[The Tennessean]]'' March 12, 2009, "The Nashville Scene", p. 46</ref> He made a brief foray into [[Film industry|cinema]] with the [[Bruce Dern]] film ''[[Silent Running]]'' (1972), for which he composed the [[Film score|musical score]] and co-wrote the original songs "Silent Running" and "Rejoice in the Sun" with Diane Lampert. He also wrote music for school bands, as well as for a number of musicals, including ''[[Oh! Calcutta!]]'', and organized numerous concert performances as both musical director and performer. Schickele was active on the international and North American concert circuit.<ref name=NYTobit/>

Schickele's musical creations won him multiple awards. His extensive body of work is marked by a distinctive style which integrates the European classical tradition with an unmistakable American idiom.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.classical-scene.com/2016/03/21/shickele-concord/|title=Shickele Sans PDQ|author=Vance R. Koven|work=The Boston Musical Intelligencer|date=March 21, 2016|access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>

Schickele also created such not-quite-P.D.Q. Bach albums as ''Hornsmoke'',<ref>{{AllMusic|class=composition|id=mc0002446336|title=''Hornsmoke (A Horse Opera)'' – Peter Schickele}}</ref> ''Sneaky Pete and the Wolf'',<ref>{{AllMusic|class=composition|id=mc0002660973|title=''Sneaky Pete and the Wolf'' – P.D.Q. Bach}}</ref> and ''The Emperor's New Clothes''.<ref>{{AllMusic|class=composition|id=mc0002530765|title=''The Emperor's New Clothes'', for narrator & ensemble – Peter Schickele}}</ref>

Schickele's music is published by the [[Theodore Presser Company]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Western |first1=Marvin L. |title=The Music of Peter Schickele An Analysis of His Music Involving the Clarinet |date=2007 |publisher=Shenandoah University |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9IPNvQEACAAJ |access-date=January 23, 2024}}</ref>