建议勿滥用Baroque pop标签
来自维基百科的一段介绍:
Baroque pop (sometimes called baroque rock) is a fusion genre that combines rock music with particular elements of classical music. It emerged in the mid 1960s as artists pursued a majestic, orchestral sound and is identifiable for its appropriation of Baroque compositional styles (contrapuntal melodies and functional harmony patterns) and dramatic or melancholic gestures.Harpsichords figure prominently, while oboes, French horns, and string quartets are also common.
【划重点】:
1)“巴洛克pop使用了巴洛克时期(大约在1600-1750)的作曲风格,其中很突出的特色是复调旋律和功能性和声”;复调的创作方法为“对位法”(“counterpoint ”) 主要的题材包括卡农、赋格、创意曲、经文歌、复调尚松、坎佐纳等 。 巴赫是运用对位法写作最伟大的音乐家,Art of Fugue等作品都展示了这种巴洛克时期独有的音乐风格。
2)“大键琴/羽管钢琴非常重要,单簧管,法国号,弦乐组也很常见”,为什么强调羽管钢琴呢?因为巴洛克时期只有羽管钢琴——钢琴在十八世纪末的时候才出现——所以羽管钢琴通常被认为是巴洛克时期的一个代表性的音色,例如下图:

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Although harpsichords had been deployed for a number of pop hits since the 1940s, starting in the 1960s, some record producers increasingly placed the instrument in the foreground of their arrangements. Inspired partly by the Beatles' song "In My Life" (1965), various groups were incorporating baroque and classical instrumentation by early 1966. The term "baroque rock" was coined in promotional material for the Left Banke, who used harpsichords and violins in their arrangements and whose 1966 song "Walk Away Renée" exemplified the style.
这里提到的作品:In my life在1分28秒的时候开始出现羽管钢琴的一段复调音乐间奏;Left Banke的Walk away Renée整首歌都在用弦乐和羽管钢琴演奏,中间出现了长笛,基本上拿掉鼓和人声之外就是一首巴洛克室内小品。所以Walk away Renée这首歌在推广软文中用到了Baroque Pop这个词汇去描述这种融合的风格,是非常合适的。
Baroque pop's mainstream popularity faded by the 1970s, partially because punk rock, disco and hard rock took over; nonetheless, music was still produced within the genre's tradition. Philadelphia soul in the 1970s and chamber pop in the 1990s both incorporated the spirit of baroque pop while the latter contested much of the time's low fidelity musical aesthetic.这段是在说Baroque Pop在1970年代因朋克摇滚,迪斯科等音乐的兴起慢慢退出主流,但Philadelphia soul 和chamber pop也结合了Baroque pop的精神,后者逐渐发展为了Low-fi美学。也就是说,Baroque Pop仅仅在60年代风靡之后就没有再大红大紫过了。
写在最后我的理解:
巴洛克音乐不等于西方古典音乐。巴洛克音乐不等于管弦乐配器。巴洛克流行不等于带古典味的当代流行音乐。个人认为如果要符合Baroque Pop这个概念,有几种情况:
1. 使用了羽管钢琴等巴洛克时代代表性音色(可配合古典乐器如Harp,弦乐等):60年代那包括披头士滚石the kinks等,近些年的例子包括: 常石磊的《红眼睛》,Julia Holter - Feel you,The divine comedy - Catherine the Great(The Divine Comedy还是很喜欢用巴洛克元素的),Pet sounds时代的the Beach Boys,wouldn't it be nice和You Still in me都很突出.
2. 运用了巴洛克时期较为典型的创作手法:比如之前提到的Walk Away Renée,Brain Wilson - Wonderful (来自那个著名的未发行专辑Smile,同时也使用了羽管钢琴音色) The divine comedy - Death of a supernaturalist, Cat's Eyes - Chameleon Queen
3. 直接使用巴洛克时代乐曲再创作:如著名的Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale 直接用旋律致敬了J.S.Bach的Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068(即Air on the G String)
而管弦乐这种被一直延续下来已广泛被流行音乐编曲所使用的配器,因使用过于普遍,无法代表巴洛克时代的任何音乐特点,也不应该被认为是所谓的【Baroque pop】(你咋不叫Romantic pop / Medival Pop /呢?最后希望认清楚管乐和弦乐的区别,这两种乐器也不一定同时出现。