Oedipus Tex

Oedipus Tex is a satirical Western-themed oratorio by P. D. Q. Bach that follows the adventures of Oedipus Tex ("you may have heard of my brother Rex") in Thebes Gulch. It was released on the album, Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities in 1990.

Structure

Oedipus Tex is a dramatic oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra with the following scenes.

I. Prologue: "Tragedy"
Recitative: "Well"
II. Aria with chorus: "Howdy there"
Recitative: "And it wasn't long"
III. Duet with chorus: "My heart"
Recitative: "But"
IV. Aria: "You murdered your father"
Recitative: "When Billie Jo heard"
V. Aria with chorus: "Goodbye"
Recitative: "When Oedipus heard"
VI. Chorus and Finale

Performers

Professor Peter Schickele, conductor, bass (Title Character)
The Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic, Newton Wayland, 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
Brice Andrus, horn

References

P. D. Q. Bach

see also Peter Schickele

Albums	An Evening with P.D.Q. Bach (1965) An Hysteric Return (1966) Report from Hoople: P. D. Q. Bach on the Air (1967) The Stoned Guest (1970) The Wurst of P. D. Q. Bach (1971) The Intimate P. D. Q. Bach (1974) Portrait of P. D. Q. Bach (1977) Black Forest Bluegrass (1979) Liebeslieder Polkas (1980) Music You Can't Get Out of Your Head (1982) A Little Nightmare Music (1983) 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults (1989) Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities (1990) WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio (1991) Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion (1992) Two Pianos Are Better Than One (1994) The Short-Tempered Clavier and other dysfunctional works for keyboard (1995) The Dreaded P. D. Q. Bach Collection (1996) The Ill-Conceived P. D. Q. Bach Anthology (1998) The Jekyll and Hyde Tour (2007)

Compositions	The Abduction of Figaro Concerto for Horn and Hardart Echo Sonata for Two Unfriendly Groups of Instruments Pervertimento for Bagpipes, Bicycle and Balloons The Stoned Guest Suite No. 2 for Cello All By Its Lonesome

Videos / DVDs	The Abduction of Figaro (1984) P. D. Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem! (2006)

Books	The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach, 1807 – 1742? (1976, by Prof. Peter Schickele)

Oedipus

Titles and lineage

Theban kings in Greek mythology
Laius (biological father)
Polybus of Corinth (adoptive father)
Merope (adoptive mother)
Jocasta/Epicaste (biological mother/wife)
Creon (Jocasta's brother/Laius successor)
Antigone (half sister/daughter)
Eteocles (half brother/son)
Polynices (half brother/son)
Ismene (half sister/daughter)
Euryganeia (2nd wife)
Astymedusa (later wife)

Theban plays

Antiquity	Aeschylus: Seven Against Thebes Sophocles: Antigone Oedipus the King Oedipus at Colonus Euripides: Antigone Oedipus The Phoenician Women Seneca: Oedipus

Other (Oedipus)	Oedipus (Dryden) Oedipus (Voltaire) The Infernal Machine Greek The Gospel at Colonus

Other (Antigone)	Antigone (Cocteau) Antigone (Anouilh) The Burial at Thebes

Operas

Films

Other works

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