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Schickele gets Bach to P.D.Q.
Except for a period in the 1990s when Schickele took a breather to focus on "Schickele Mix," his eclectic weekly radio show, he has toured with the merry P.D.Q. Bach act since the early 1970s, usually as a soloist with symphony orchestras. P.D.Q. Bach's works continue to surprise. We're told that he was influenced by his fellow 18th-century composers, but the composer also managed to anticipate Schubert with his "Trite Quintet," Tchaikovsky with his "1712 Overture," and minimalism with "Einstein on the Fritz," a work that sounds suspiciously like Philip Glass's "Einstein on the Beach." "I actually don't feel as big a gap between P.D.Q. Bach and Peter Schickele as a lot of other people do," he says. "I think of composing in rather theatrical terms. The funny piece has to have some kind of particular gag and in a serious piece there has to be some kind of memorable gesture.
Close to Home
John Edwards really is a homebody. Since finishing far behind Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in Nevada, Edwards has been campaigning nonstop in South Carolina. A closer look shows that Edwards has spent the majority of his time in the northern part of the state, near his hometown of Seneca. Over the last week, Edwards has made 12 stops north of Columbia and only two stops south of the capital. Edwards may be setting his strategy according to the polls, one of which shows him 10 points stronger in the northern 864 area code than in the central part of the state. Map the Candidates uses the candidates' public schedules to keep track of their comings and goings. A quick primer on your new election toolbox: Do you want to know who spent the most time in Iowa or New Hampshire last month? Play with the timeline sliders above the map to customize the amount of time displayed.
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