Implementation of Baroque principles in "Bohemian Rhapsody" Group "Queen"
Manifestations of baroque aesthetics in modern mass music are considered in the broad context of other arts and literature. It is pointed out that many characteristics of baroque (heterogeneous and complex perception of the reality of this era, disorder and exclusion of integrity, irrationality, drama, metaphor, hyperbolization) become relevant in the postmodern era, not only in academic art, but also in popular culture, especially its visual samples (movies, glossy magazines, clips). Using the example of the composition “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975) of the legendary rock band “Queen”, the author demonstrates such properties of musical baroque as theatrically-affected manner of singing, large-scale compositional forms of the end-to-end type, the combination of contrasting genre and style manners, imitation of technique bel canto, ensemble episodes of the opera and the introduction of rich choral polyphony. Examples of the continuation of the tradition of “opera” and tandems of popular performers and academic singers are given.