Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities was released in 1990 by Telarc Records. The album contains works by Peter Schickele

Peter Schickele

Johann Peter Schickele is an American composer, musical educator, and parodist. He is best known for his comedy music albums featuring his music that he presents as music written by the fictional composer P. D. Q...

 under his alter-ego of P. D. Q. Bach

P. D. Q. Bach

P. D. Q. Bach is a fictitious composer invented by musical satirist "Professor" Peter Schickele. In a gag that Schickele has developed over a five-decade-long career, he performs "discovered" works of this forgotten member of the Bach family...

. Oedipus Tex

Oedipus Tex

Oedipus Tex is a satirical Western-themed oratorio by P. D. Q. Bach that follows the adventures of Oedipus Tex in Thebes Gulch. It was released on the album, Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities in 1990....

is described as the "dramatic oratorio that demonstrates that the only two sure things in life are death and Texas."

Performers

• Professor Peter Schickele, conductor, bass
• The Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic, Newton Weyland, 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)
  Frank Kelley (tenor)
  Frank Kelley is an American tenor, who has performed in concert and in opera throughout North America and Europe. He holds music degrees from Florida State University and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music...
  
  
• Brice Andrus, horn

Track listing

1. Introduction

Oedipus Tex

Oedipus Tex

Oedipus Tex is a satirical Western-themed oratorio by P. D. Q. Bach that follows the adventures of Oedipus Tex in Thebes Gulch. It was released on the album, Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities in 1990....

, dramatic oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra, S. 150 (P.D.Q. Bach)

2. I. Prologue: "Tragedy"

3. Recitative: "Well"

4. II. Aria with chorus: "Howdy there"

5. Recitative: "And it wasn't long"

6. III. Duet with chorus: "My heart"

7. Recitative: "But"

8. IV. Aria: "You murdered your father"

9. Recitative: "When Billie Jo heard"

10. V. Aria with chorus: "Goodbye"

11. Recitative: "When Oedipus heard"

12. VI. Chorus and Finale

13. Introduction

14. Classical Rap, S. 1-2-3 (P.D.Q. Bach)

15. Introduction

Knock, Knock, choral cantata, S. 4/1 (P.D.Q. Bach)

16. I. Recitative and chorus: "Knock, knock"

17. II. Recitative and chorus: "How many psychiatrists"

18. III. Recitative and chorale: "What is the question?"

19. IV. Recitative and chorus: "So this guy"

20. Introduction

21. Birthday Ode to "Big Daddy" Bach, for soloists, chorus and orchestra, S. 100 (P.D.Q. Bach)

Sources

• P.D.Q. Bach: Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities