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He earned his fifth Grammy, for best classical crossover album, for \u201cHornsmoke,\u201d which includes his serious compositions \u201cHorse Opera for Brass Quintet,\u201d Piano Concerto No. 2 and other pieces.<\/p>\n
Mr. Schickele\u2019s classical recordings also include Quartet No. 1, \u201cAmerican Dreams,\u201d by the Audubon Quartet; \u201cSchickele on a Lark,\u201d by the Lark Quartet; and \u201cThe American Chamber Ensemble Plays Peter Schickele.\u201d<\/p>\n
He wrote the score for the 1972 science-fiction film \u201cSilent Running,\u201d starring Bruce Dern. With Robert Dennis and Stanley Walden, he also contributed songs to the Broadway revue \u201cOh! Calcutta!\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Schickele and his wife, who survives him, split their time between homes on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and in Bearsville. In addition to her and their daughter, Karla, he is survived by a son, Matthew, and two grandsons.<\/p>\n
In the early 1990s, Mr. Schickele, weary of the road and also, ever so slightly, of P.D.Q. Bach, took a long sabbatical, focusing on his new radio show, \u201cSchickele Mix.\u201d Syndicated nationally for some 15 years, it featured him in serious discussions of music, combined with the playing of works by composers as diverse as Chopin, Gershwin and Philip Glass.<\/p>\n
In the 21st century, with the radio show having run its course, Mr. Schickele revived P.D.Q. In 2015, he held a gala 50th-anniversary concert in Town Hall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n