Baroque pop contested much of the time's low fidelity musical aesthetic. In classical music, the term "Baroque" is used to describe the art music of Europe approximately between the years 1600 and 1750, with some of its most prominent composers including J. S. Bach and Antonio Vivaldi. Much of the instrumentation of baroque pop is akin to that of the late Baroque period or the early Classical period, chronologically defined as the period of European music from 1690 to 1760 and stylistically defined by balanced phrases, clarity and beauty, using string sections, woodwinds and brass instruments. Baroque pop, stylistically, fuses elements of
Bourbon Baroque Bourbon Baroque Bourbon Baroque is a period instrument ensemble founded by harpsichordist John Austin Clark and baroque violinist Nicolas Fortin (1980–2016) in the summer of 2007 in Louisville, Kentucky. The ensemble specialises in historical informed performance of the music of the 17th and 18th centuries. The ensemble performs concerts as well as full opera productions. The 2010 production of George Frideric Handel's opera "Alcina" has been recorded for TV and aired first on April 12, 2011. Bourbon Baroque has been performing Handel's "Messiah" in the holiday season every year since 2013. Bourbon Baroque performs regularly throughout the year in a