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P. D. Q. Bach
(1807–1742), because a dummy
by this name produces far more innovative music than his ventriloquist, Peter Schickele (July 17, 1935). Perhaps the greatest and most fertile comic composer in musical history, P. D. Q. Bach excels at mixing cultural periods, beginning with his titles: Concerto for Horn and Hardart (referring to a chain of automats in New York City), Iphigenia in Brooklyn, Hansel and Gretel and Ted and Alice, and The Safe...
