Black Forest Bluegrass is a recording of the music of Peter Schickele under his comic pseudonym of P.D.Q. Bach, featuring the composer and "a bluegrass band with a Baroque orchestra, a wind octet with toys, a commercial with a snake — this album has it all!" The album was released on Vanguard Records in 1979.
Performers Professor Peter Schickele, bass, conductor, snake ("that's an instrument") The New York Pick-Up Ensemble, Robert Bernhardt, conductor John Ferrante, tenor Eric Weissberg, mandolin and harmonica Bill Keith, banjo and harmonica Happy Traum, guitar and harmonica Donald "Don" Palma, bass and harmonica According to the album's liner notes, the performers pictured on the cover are Tommy Mann and his Magic Mountain Boys.
Track listing Cantata: Blaues Gras (Bluegrass Cantata), S. 6 string Recitative and aria: "Blaues Gras" Recitative: "O" Aria: "Du Bist Im Land" Recitative: "O" Duet: "Ich Sehe" Chorale: "Ich Gehe" Duet: "Sag' Mir" No-no Nonette for assorted winds and toys, S. 86 First Movement Second Movement Third Movement Fourth Movement Last Movement "Hear Me Through" from Diverse Ayres on Sundrie Notions, S. 99 44/100
Sources "P.D.Q. Bach: Black Forest Bluegrass"