Neo-Baroque music

See also: Neoclassicism in music

The foyer of the Paris Opera, built by Charles Garnier

Neo-Baroque is a term used to describe music which displays important aspects of Baroque style, but is not from the Baroque period proper—i.e., the 17th and 18th centuries. Although composers of every era following the Baroque period continued to use many Baroque idioms or forms (such as extensive contrapuntal passages or fugues) to some degree in their works, the term "Neo-baroque" or "Neo-classical" is used to describe works in the 20th century. Some notable neo-baroque composers include:

• Hendrik Bouman (1951– ), Dutch
• Elodie Lauten (1950– ), French born, later a U.S. citizen
• Giorgio Pacchioni (1947– ), Italian
• Hugo Distler (1908–1942), German
• Johanna Senfter (1879–1961), German
• Michael Starke (composer) (1955– ), U.S.
• Niel van der Watt (1962– ), South Africa