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[3]  Spoken introduction 
     “Erotica” Variations, for banned instruments and piano, S. 36EE (P.D.Q. Bach)
          Theme:  Windbreaker
          Variation I:  Balloons
          Variation II:  Slide Whistle
          Variation III:  Slide Windbreaker
          Variation IV:  Lasso D’Amore
          Variation V:  Foghorn, Bell, Kazoo, Gargle

[4]  Spoken introduction
     The Art of the Ground Round, for three baritones and discontinuo, S. 1.19/lb (P.D.Q. Bach)
          Loving is as easy
          Please, kind sir
          Jane, my Jane
          Golly golly oh
          Nelly is a nice girl

Audio Samples

Listen to The Intimate P.D.Q. Bach:  The Hearer’s Digest Condensed Version.  This Condensed Version gives you the intangible essence of the original recording in one small, easy-to-swallow capsule summary. The hyper folks at Hearer’s Digest have created this sample by slicing, dicing, and splicing, until it somewhat resembles excerpts of the original recording that are “severely truncated, but shorter.”

This Hearer’s Digest Condensed Version is made of excerpts from the following:  “I am a quaint old innkeeper” from Hansel and Gretel and Ted and Alice—Spoken Introduction—“Like a lonely pilgrim”, “My name is Hansel Hunter”, “Et expecto”, “There’s something about a monk”, “Do you love me?”, “I hope you'll take this friendly advice”, “Teddy Nice is my name”, and “Just tell me what your name is” from Hansel and Gretel and Ted and Alice—Spoken Introduction—Variation V:  Foghorn, Bell, Kazoo, Gargle from “Erotica” Variations—Spoken Introduction—Loving is as easy, and Golly golly oh from The Art of the Ground Round—The O.K. Chorale from the “Toot” Suite.

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