Quiet Village

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"Quiet Village" is an influential 1950s exotica music piece by composer and bandleader Les Baxter, later popularized by Martin Denny.

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Quiet Village canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf exotica music piece ⓘ
musical composition ⓘ
alsoKnownFor being a standard of the exotica genre ⓘ
associatedEra post‑war American popular music ⓘ
associatedMovement lounge music ⓘ
associatedWith Les Baxter ⓘ
Martin Denny ⓘ
composer Les Baxter ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
decadeOfOrigin 1950s ⓘ
genre exotica ⓘ
hasNotableArrangement Martin Denny arrangement ⓘ
hasNotableRecording Les Baxter recording ⓘ
Martin Denny recording ⓘ
hasStyleCharacteristic evocation of imaginary South Seas atmosphere ⓘ
lush orchestration ⓘ
percussion‑heavy arrangement ⓘ
tropical sound effects ⓘ
influenced later exotica artists ⓘ
influentialIn exotica genre ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
notablePerformer Les Baxter ⓘ
Martin Denny ⓘ
originallyRecordedBy Les Baxter ⓘ
partOf mid‑20th‑century lounge music repertoire ⓘ
popularizedBy Martin Denny ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Les Baxter → notableWork → Quiet Village ⓘ
Ritual of the Savage → hasTrack → Quiet Village ⓘ
Martin Denny → notableWork → Quiet Village ⓘ
Martin Denny → notableSong → Quiet Village ⓘ
Leslie Thompson Baxter → notableWork → Quiet Village ⓘ