So I wanted this to be basically a romantic poem, and I came up with the title, which also reflected the classical background of 'A Lover's Concerto.'
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Critic Dave Thompson wrote, "Few records are this perfect.
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Earlier versions for unaccompanied keyboard instruments of all three movements of the Triple Concerto, BWV 1044, are extant.
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Riding across one of the most deceptively hook-laden melodies ever conceived – an almost-but-not-precise adaptation of JS Bach’s Minuet from the Anna Magdalena Notebook; piped in on one of the most seductively not-quite-tuneful vocals ever voiced, ”A Lover’s Concerto” marks the apogee of the Girl Group sound, at the same time as it dealt the movement its death blow.
2 It is also part of the soundtrack. By late 1965, after all, the American music scene was awash in either the latest lurches of the British Invasion, or the first glimmerings of folk-rock’s switch into psychedelic whimsy. There was precious little room anywhere for such past simplicities as teenaged love.
"A Lover's Concerto" is a pop song written by American songwriters, Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell, and recorded in 1965 by The Toys. And, defying the prophecies of doom that had indeed already devoured the best-known practitioners of the Girl Group sound, ”Lovers Concerto” turned out to be one of the biggest hits of 1965, even if it couldn’t quite top the chart.
Where Bach got the 3/4 tune from doesn't have any bearing on A Lover's Concerto.202.82.171.186 03:17, 11 November 2009 (UTC) Reply to 202.82.171.186.
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