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Comment on Peter Schickele, composer and gleeful sire of P.D.Q. Bach, dies at 88

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It seems appropriate to share the epitaph of P.D.Q. Bach, as given in Schickele's biography of his character.

Hier liegt ein Mann ganz ohnegleich;

Im Leibe dick, an Sünden reich.

Wir haben ihn ins Grab gesteckt,

Weil es uns dünkt, er sei verreckt.

Translated:

Here lies a man with sundry flaws

And numerous Sins upon his head;

We buried him today because

As far as we can tell, he's dead.

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