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Baroque pop (sometimes called baroque rock) is a fusion genre that combines rock music with particular elements of classical music. [1] [4] [5] It emerged in the mid-1960s as artists pursued a majestic, orchestral sound [4] and is identifiable for its appropriation of Baroque compositional styles (contrapuntal melodies and functional harmony patterns) and dramatic or melancholic gestures. [3]
1 1960s–70s. 2 1980s–present. ... This is a list of artists who have been described as general purveyors of baroque pop, ... Queerness in Pop Music: Aesthetics, ...
The Left Banke was an American baroque pop band, formed in New York City in 1965. [1] They are best remembered for their two U.S. hit singles, " Walk Away Renée " and " Pretty Ballerina ". [ 3 ] The band often used what the music press referred to as " baroque " string arrangements, which led to their music being variously termed as " Bach ...
Chamber pop (also called baroque pop [7] [8] and sometimes conflated with orchestral pop or symphonic pop [1]) is a music genre that combines rock music [1] with the intricate use of strings, horns, piano, and vocal harmonies, and other components drawn from the orchestral and lounge pop of the 1960s, with an emphasis on melody and texture.
Born 1960 in Salisbury, Daniels attended the choir school at King's College, Cambridge where he was a chorister, [2] then Winchester College for his secondary education. [3] He returned to King's College for his university education, where he was a choral scholar , [ 4 ] reading Natural Sciences and Music .
With the new member, the band shifted their musical identity to accompass psychedelic rock, and changed the group name to The Baroques. The band became notable for its baroque-like keyboards, fuzz guitar riffs, and outright freak-out jams. [2] The band's live performances drew the attention of Chess Records in January 1967.
The group's music has a trademark sound and is used frequently on television (The West Wing, Sex and the City, Miami Vice, Glee), [6] in movies (Bach's Fugue in G Minor (BWV 578) in Thank You for Smoking, Mozart's "Horn Concerto No. 4" in Wedding Crashers, Bach's "Prelude No.7 in E flat [The Well Tempered Clavier – Book 2 BWV 876]" in Milk).
Going Baroque (released as Going Baroque: de Bach aux Baroques in France) is the second album released by the Paris-based Swingle Singers. The album was a 1964 Grammy award winner for " Best Performance by a Chorus ."