# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-schickele
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:56:01.611Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-schickele"
name: "Peter Schickele"
slug: "peter-schickele"
description: "Johann Peter Schickele was an American composer, musical educator and parodist, best known for comedy albums featuring his music, which he presented as being composed by the fictional P. D. Q. Bach. He also hosted a long-running weekly radio program called Schickele Mix."
tagline: "American composer, musical educator, and parodist (1935-2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter_Schickele.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1935-07-17"
deathDate: "2024-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           64.15
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.75523733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 3550
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0771352/"
    handle:    "nm0771352"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.schickele.com/"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0qsLni2812ukG5i1O0ff4c"
    handle:    "Peter Schickele"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQRLT5fNYM4MT4ypfwwgazw"
    handle:    "Peter Schickele - Topic"
    followers: 3550
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "پيتير سكيكيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Schickele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Schickele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Schickele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Schickele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Schickele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Schickele"
    title: "Peter Schickele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Schickele"
    title: "Peter Schickele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ピーター・シックリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Schickele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Schickele"
    title: "Peter Schickele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Schickele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Schickele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Schickele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Schickele"
    title: "Peter Schickele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Schickele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Peter Schickele"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump