"Baroque Hoedown"
Song by Perrey and Kingsley
from the album Kaleidoscopic Vibrations
Released1967
GenreElectronic
Kaleidoscopic Vibrations chronology
"Fallout" "Baroque Hoedown" "Winchester Cathedral"

"Baroque Hoedown" is an instrumental by the duet Perrey and Kingsley (formed by the French Jean-Jacques Perrey and the German-American Gershon Kingsley). Original from 1967 album Kaleidoscopic Vibrations a follow-up to their previous 1966 album, The In Sound From Way Out!. The two albums were reissued in 1988 on one compilation album entitled The Essential Perrey and Kingsley.[1]

Recording

The Moog synthesizer went on sale in 1967[2] and the duet Perrey and Kingsley they became the first to make recordings with the Moog synthesizer,[3] predating 1968 album Switched-On Bach by Wendy Carlos that popularized the Moog synthesizer.[4][5]

The Main Street Electrical Parade

Disneyland's vice president of entertainment Bob Jani had considered using the symphonic music from the movie Fantasia as the background music for the parade, but producer Jack Wagner felt the music should be electronic rather than orchestral.[6] Wagner during his search for the theme to be used in the Main Street Electrical Parade, decided to listen to Perrey and Kingsley's "Kaleidoscopic Vibrations" (1967), and after a while he came across "Baroque Hoedown", which was chosen due to its ideal tempo for the parade choreography[7] The Electrical Parade was originally created for Disneyland, debuting on June 17, 1972, and running there until November 25, 1996.[8] During all that time, Perrey did not find out about the use of "Baroque Hoedown" until 1980:

In the 1970s, Walt Disney Productions chose this tune to be the theme for the Electrical Parade. It was extraordinary, I didn't know about it because the publishers said nothing to me. It was by chance, in 1980, that I went there and was so surprised to hear "Baroque Hoedown" arranged for a full orchestra.

— Jean-Jacques Perrey[9]

In popular culture

"Baroque Hoedown" was used as the final theme of the Mexican series El Chapulín Colorado starring the actor Chespirito.[10][11][12] A version of the song was recorded by the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet in the style of Vivaldi for the 1995 album Heigh-Ho! Mozart.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Jean Jacques Perrey's Autobiography, Part Two". Dana Countryman. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  2. ^ "Google pone un sintetizador funcional como su doodle". El Mercurio (in Spanish). 23 May 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Moog: A History in Recordings—The First Moog Synthesizer Recordings". Bob Moog Foundation. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  4. ^ Ranta, Alan (19 April 2017). "Jean-Jacques Perrey Moog Indigo". Exclaim!. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Countryman's "Moog-Tastic" Pays Tribute". Bob Moog Foundation. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Main Street Electrical Parade Premieres at Disneyland". D23.com. The Walt Disney Company. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  7. ^ Dorsey, Don. "The Real Story Behind the Electro-Synthe-Magnetic Musical Sounds of Disney's Main Street Electrical Parade". Dondorseyconsulting.com. Don Dorsey Consulting. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  8. ^ Barkas, Sherry (9 December 2021). "Main Street Electrical Parade returning to Disneyland for its 50th anniversary in 2022". The Desert Sun. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  9. ^ "JAN 20 Disney History". This Day in Disney History. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  10. ^ FM, La 91. "¿Conoces los detalles detrás del icónico tema de El Chavo del 8?" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "El chavo del 8 y Beethoven tienen un secreto en común ; ¡grandes de grandes!". ElNoti.com (in European Spanish). 11 October 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  12. ^ "El Chavo del 8 y el artista francés Jean-Jacques Perrey" [El Chavo del 8 and the French artist Jean-Jacques Perrey]. Revista Tierra Culta (in Spanish). 30 Jan 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Original versions of Main Street Electrical Parade (Baroque Hoedown) by Los Angeles Guitar Quartet". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
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