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{{quote| "'''''Baroque pop {{color|green|iis to}} pop music {{color|green|wwhat}} progressive rock {{color|green|iis to}} rock music.'''''<br />
''It's a more complex form, likely to have more varied instrumentation and/or more ambitious song structures. Whilst the term baroque pop originated in 1960's music journalism during a fad for using a harpsichord in pop songs, the term as used by music journalists has come to mean something more ornate and complex than most pop music. In terms of modern artists, the two most often cited are the classically influenced ostentatious pop songs of [[Rufus Wainwright]], and the complex arrangements of [[Sufjan Stevens]]' music with their non-standard time signatures, instrumentation and harmonic counterpoints.''" [http://baroquepop.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-is-baroque-pop.html\] }}
|'''[http://web.archive.org/save/http://baroquepop.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-is-baroque-pop.html The Baroque Pop Blog]'''}}
 
'''Baroque pop''' is a style of music that combines pop songwriting with (often complex) classical instrumentation. Instead of synths or electric guitars, expect to hear pianos, harpsichords, strings, woodwinds, and harps. This style started in the mid-60s. Even though the subgenre is called ''baroque'' pop, much of the instrumentation of it is more akin to the Classical period (ca. 1750 to the early 1800s), which was after the Baroque period (mid-1600s to ca. 1750). Chamber pop/rock is like baroque pop/rock, except that the instrumentation is influenced by chamber music.
 
The exact origins of baroque pop are unknown. Burt Bacharach and Phil Spector often made or produced classical-inspired music. The Zombies' "She's Not There" is often cited as an early example of the subgenre, but although the song had many harmonic qualities found in later baroque pop, it didn't use classical instrumentation. The song and group did inspire Michael Brown to form The Left Banke, whose 1966 single "Walk Away Renée" is considered the first true baroque pop single. [[The Beatles (Musicband)|The Beatles]], [[The Beach Boys]], [[The Moody Blues (Music)|The Moody Blues]], [[ABBA]], the [[Bee Gees]], and [[Procol Harum]] are a couple of bands from this time that had absorbed the influence of the subgenre.
 
'''Baroque pop''' then faded into the background as [[Punk Rock|punk rock]], [[Heavy Metal (Music)|metal]], [[Electronic Music|electronic music]], and [[Progressive Rock|progressive rock]] dominated the music scene. It slowly started to revive. Now baroque pop is more common, although its musicians are often classified under indie, [[Alternative Rock|alternative]], folk, Americana, [[Britpop]], or [[Dream Pop|dream pop]] instead.
 
=== {{examples|Some Baroque Pop and Chamber Pop artists are: ===}}
* [[Tori Amos (Music)|Tori Amos]] (especially her first three albums, ''Midwinter Graces'', and ''Night of Hunters'')▼
 
▲* [[Tori Amos (Music)|Tori Amos]] (especially her first three albums, ''Midwinter Graces'', and ''Night of Hunters'')
* Anathallo evolved into this. Initially, they were [[Post Rock]].
* [[Antony Andand Thethe Johnsons]]
* [[Arcade Fire]]
* [[Emilie Autumn]] in the Enchant Era - "Opheliac" is much more industrial/metal, though there's still violins. Perhaps her music could be called [[Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly|chamber metal.]]
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* [[The Beach Boys]]
* [[Beach House]]
* [[The Beatles (Musicband)|The Beatles]]
* [[The Bee Gees]] (early years)
* [[Belle and Sebastian (Musicband)|Belle and Sebastian]]
* Beulah
* Andrew Bird
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* [[The Decemberists]]
* The Dirty Projectors
* [[The Divine Comedy (Musicband)|The Divine Comedy]]
* Nick Drake
* [[Efterklang]]
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* [[Feist]]
* [[Fleet Foxes]]
* [[Florence and+ Thethe Machine]]
* [[The Free Design (Music)|The Free Design]]
* [[Serge Gainsbourg]]
* Chris Garneau
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* Grizzly Bear
* Jellyfish (They started off as [[Power Pop]], but moved towards this later on)
* [[Keane (Music)|Keane]]
* The Left Banke
* [[Jens Lekman]]
* [[Love (Musicband)|Love]]
* [[The Magnetic Fields]]
* The Millenium
* [[My Brightest Diamond (Music)|My Brightest Diamond]]
* [[The National]]
* [[Joanna Newsom]]
* [[Nico (Music)|Nico]]'s ''Chelsea Girl''
* Owen Pallett
* [[Perfume Genius]]
* [[Procol Harum]]
* [[Rasputina (Music)|Rasputina]]
* [[Simon and Garfunkel]]
* Duncan Sheik
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* Scott Walker
* [[The Zombies]]
* "Sativa and the Trip-Outs" is a fictional example from the novel ''[[The Butterfly Kid]]''; the narrator of the book is their harpsichordist, and he is given to wearing clothing influenced by or outright taken from the 18th century.
 
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[[Category:Music Tropes]]
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[[Category:Baroque Pop]]
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    "Baroque pop is to pop music what progressive rock is to rock music.
    It's a more complex form, likely to have more varied instrumentation and/or more ambitious song structures. Whilst the term baroque pop originated in 1960's music journalism during a fad for using a harpsichord in pop songs, the term as used by music journalists has come to mean something more ornate and complex than most pop music. In terms of modern artists, the two most often cited are the classically influenced ostentatious pop songs of Rufus Wainwright, and the complex arrangements of Sufjan Stevens' music with their non-standard time signatures, instrumentation and harmonic counterpoints."

    —The Baroque Pop Blog

    Baroque pop is a style of music that combines pop songwriting with (often complex) classical instrumentation. Instead of synths or electric guitars, expect to hear pianos, harpsichords, strings, woodwinds, and harps. This style started in the mid-60s. Even though the subgenre is called baroque pop, much of the instrumentation of it is more akin to the Classical period (ca. 1750 to the early 1800s), which was after the Baroque period (mid-1600s to ca. 1750). Chamber pop/rock is like baroque pop/rock, except that the instrumentation is influenced by chamber music.

    The exact origins of baroque pop are unknown. Burt Bacharach and Phil Spector often made or produced classical-inspired music. The Zombies' "She's Not There" is often cited as an early example of the subgenre, but although the song had many harmonic qualities found in later baroque pop, it didn't use classical instrumentation. The song and group did inspire Michael Brown to form The Left Banke, whose 1966 single "Walk Away Renée" is considered the first true baroque pop single. The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Moody Blues, ABBA, the Bee Gees, and Procol Harum are a couple of bands from this time that had absorbed the influence of the subgenre.

    Baroque pop then faded into the background as Punk Rock, metal, Electronic Music, and Progressive Rock dominated the music scene. It slowly started to revive. Now baroque pop is more common, although its musicians are often classified under indie, alternative, folk, Americana, Britpop, or Dream Pop instead.

    Some Baroque Pop and Chamber Pop artists are
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