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Genre
baroque
Parent Genre: classical

Baroque music is a genre that emerged in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. It is characterized by ornate melodies, intricate harmonies, and elaborate instrumentation. Baroque composers often used complex counterpoint and polyphony to create rich, multi-layered textures. This genre was popularized by composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, and George Frideric Handel, who are known for their masterful compositions that continue to be celebrated today.


Top artists of baroque genre

Johann Sebastian Bach
Antonio Vivaldi
George Frideric Handel
Johann Pachelbel
Arcangelo Corelli
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Henry Purcell
Georg Philipp Telemann
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List of baroque artists

Here is a list of baroque artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the baroque genre. You can find out what baroque genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Johann Sebastian Bach
76 79 19 19 95 19 95 4006267
2
Antonio Vivaldi
70 76 35 24 87 22 139 2221519
3
George Frideric Handel
65 0 0 0 0 0 0 831574
4
Johann Pachelbel
57 81 18 19 92 22 80 149144
5
Arcangelo Corelli
56 0 0 0 0 0 0 116399
6
Jean-Philippe Rameau
55 0 0 0 0 0 0 68778
7
Henry Purcell
55 0 0 0 0 0 0 153720
8
Georg Philipp Telemann
52 0 0 0 0 0 0 123581
9
Tomaso Albinoni
50 0 0 0 0 0 0 163206
10
Domenico Scarlatti
49 0 0 0 0 0 0 139433
11
Jean-Baptiste Lully
47 0 0 0 0 0 0 53365
12
François Couperin
46 0 0 0 0 0 0 43093
13
Claudio Monteverdi
46 0 0 0 0 0 0 132024
14
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
46 0 0 0 0 0 0 63189
15
Giuseppe Tartini
45 0 0 0 0 0 0 50487
16
Marin Marais
41 0 19 5 89 13 79 28875
17
Alessandro Marcello
40 0 0 0 0 0 0 14509
18
William Boyce
40 0 0 0 0 0 0 13126
19
Pietro Locatelli
40 0 0 0 0 0 0 11715
20
Alessandro Scarlatti
39 0 0 0 0 0 0 31174
21
Robert de Visée
38 0 0 0 0 0 0 3134
22
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
38 0 0 0 0 0 0 17149
23
Dietrich Buxtehude
37 0 0 0 0 0 0 26918
24
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
36 0 0 0 0 0 0 17455
25
Francesco Geminiani
36 0 0 0 0 0 0 9700
26
Giuseppe Torelli
35 0 0 0 0 0 0 14485
27
Antonio Caldara
35 0 0 0 0 0 0 3735
28
Jan Dismas Zelenka
34 0 0 0 0 0 0 8658
29
Silvius Leopold Weiss
34 0 0 0 0 0 0 3876
30
Benedetto Marcello
33 0 0 0 0 0 0 4727
31
Gaspar Sanz
33 0 0 0 0 0 0 3105
32
Francesco Onofrio Manfredini
32 0 0 0 0 0 0 2041
33
Girolamo Frescobaldi
32 0 0 0 0 0 0 18552
34
Giovanni Battista Sammartini
31 0 0 0 0 0 0 5926
35
Jean-Marie Leclair
31 0 0 0 0 0 0 6695
36
Baldassare Galuppi
31 0 0 0 0 0 0 4712
37
Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe
30 0 0 0 0 0 0 3455
38
Heinrich Schütz
30 0 0 0 0 0 0 10254
39
Nicola Porpora
30 0 0 0 0 0 0 3546
40
Antonio Lotti
30 0 0 0 0 0 0 2111
41
Johann Friedrich Fasch
29 0 0 0 0 0 0 4975
42
Johann Stamitz
29 0 0 0 0 0 0 2191
43
Carl Friedrich Abel
29 0 0 0 0 0 0 2530
44
Charles Avison
28 0 0 0 0 0 0 1310
45
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
28 0 0 0 0 0 0 2469
46
Johann Joachim Quantz
27 0 0 0 0 0 0 4375
47
Francesco Cavalli
27 0 0 0 0 0 0 4778
48
Georg Muffat
26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1653
49
Giovanni Benedetto Platti
26 0 0 0 0 0 0 773
50
Francesco Mancini
26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1246
51
Matthew Locke
26 0 0 0 0 0 0 976
52
Tomaso Antonio Vitali
26 0 0 0 0 0 0 2743
53
Francesco Maria Veracini
25 0 0 0 0 0 0 2375
54
Johann Adolf Hasse
25 96 82 75 62 93 144 4715
55
Christoph Graupner
25 0 0 0 0 0 0 1412
56
Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer
25 0 0 0 0 0 0 994
57
Carlo Tessarini
25 0 0 0 0 0 0 144
58
Charles Mouton
25 0 0 0 0 0 0 1049
59
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel
25 0 0 0 0 0 0 792
60
Niccolò Jommelli
24 0 0 0 0 0 0 1002
61
Johann David Heinichen
24 0 0 0 0 0 0 1341
62
Santiago De Murcia
24 0 0 0 0 0 0 1798
63
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
24 0 0 0 0 0 0 4314
64
Nicola Matteis
24 0 0 0 0 0 0 936
65
Michel Corrette
24 0 0 0 0 0 0 1210
66
Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello
23 0 0 0 0 0 0 1049
67
Alessandro Stradella
23 0 0 0 0 0 0 1740
68
Michel Richard Delalande
23 0 0 0 0 0 0 1529
69
Stefano Landi
23 0 0 0 0 0 0 1843
70
Louis Couperin
23 0 0 0 0 0 0 8106
71
Giovanni Legrenzi
23 0 0 0 0 0 0 904
72
Francesco Durante
22 0 0 0 0 0 0 955
73
Agostino Steffani
22 0 0 0 0 0 0 2722
74
Nicolas Chédeville
22 0 0 0 0 0 0 238
75
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
22 0 0 0 0 0 0 2540
76
Samuel Scheidt
21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1652
77
Johann Rosenmüller
21 0 0 0 0 0 0 558
78
William Lawes
21 0 0 0 0 0 0 2654
79
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa De Mondonville
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1101
80
Jean-Joseph Mouret
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 814
81
Michel Blavet
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 939
82
Carl Heinrich Graun
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1170
83
Tarquinio Merula
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1131
84
Christian Cannabich
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1488
85
Giacomo Carissimi
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 3463
86
Johann Jakob Froberger
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 2655
87
Giovanni Bononcini
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 885
88
André Campra
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 2113
89
John Blow
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 879
90
Barbara Strozzi
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 4450
91
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1845
92
Johann Kuhnau
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1653
93
Antoine Forqueray
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 3655
94
Leonardo Leo
18 0 0 0 0 0 0 2082
95
Jean-Féry Rebel
18 0 0 0 0 0 0 2026
96
Johann Georg Pisendel
18 0 0 0 0 0 0 824
97
Johann Gottlieb Janitsch
18 0 0 0 0 0 0 297
98
Johann Hermann Schein
18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1508
99
Luigi Rossi
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1362
100
François Francoeur
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 429
101
Jean-François Dandrieu
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 570
102
Jacob van Eyck
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1028
103
Johann Paul Von Westhoff
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 716
104
Giuseppe Valentini
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1939
105
Biagio Marini
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 944
106
Johann Christoph Bach
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 877
107
Riccardo Broschi
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 593
108
Reinhard Keiser
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 449
109
Louis-Nicolas Clérambault
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 998
110
Domenico Zipoli
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1474
111
Antoine Boësset
16 0 0 0 0 0 0 622
112
Johann Ludwig Krebs
16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1094
113
Johann Gottlieb Graun
16 0 0 0 0 0 0 778
114
Jacques Hotteterre
16 0 0 0 0 0 0 930
115
Jacques Duphly
16 0 0 0 0 0 0 738
116
Francesco Barsanti
16 0 0 0 0 0 0 293
117
Franz Benda
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 914
118
Carlos Seixas
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1690
119
Johann Gottfried Walther
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 327
120
Jean-Henri d'Anglebert
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1027
121
Giovanni Battista Vitali
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 465
122
Michele Mascitti
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 219
123
Antonio Cesti
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1006
124
Johann Joseph Fux
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1415
125
Dario Castello
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1061
126
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1740
127
Gottlieb Muffat
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 346
128
Marco Uccellini
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 574
129
Giuseppe Sarti
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 276
130
Nicola Fiorenza
13 0 0 0 0 0 0 360
131
Johann Michael Bach
13 0 0 0 0 0 0 617
132
Antonio Bertali
13 0 0 0 0 0 0 873
133
Giovanni Battista Bassani
13 0 0 0 0 0 0 568
134
Gottfried Finger
13 0 0 0 0 0 0 579
135
Christopher Simpson
13 0 0 0 0 0 0 330
136
Michel Pignolet de Montéclair
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 387
137
Isabella Leonarda
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1074
138
Matthias Weckmann
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 480
139
Claude Balbastre
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 406
140
Carlo Farina
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 465
141
Maurizio Cazzati
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 404
142
Giovanni Paolo Foscarini
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 395
143
Hanneke van Proosdij
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 815
144
Georg Böhm
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 513
145
Francesco Antonio Bonporti
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 299
146
Sigismondo D'India
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 441
147
Jacques Gallot
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 276
148
Johann Mattheson
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 888
149
Giovanni Paolo Cima
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 241
150
Louis-Antoine Dornel
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 189
151
Dietrich Becker
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 273
152
Louis-Gabriel Guillemain
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 298
153
Philipp Heinrich Erlebach
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2271
154
René Saorgin
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 426
155
François-André-Danican Philidor
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 484
156
Manuel de Zumaya
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 469
157
Johann Christoph Pepusch
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 560
158
Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 293
159
Johannes Schenck
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 973
160
Alessandro Grandi
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 322
161
Louis de Caix d'Hervelois
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 306
162
Bernardo Pasquini
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 497
163
Antonio Maria Bononcini
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 210
164
Alessandro Poglietti
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 126
165
Attilio Ariosti
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 524
166
Pelham Humfrey
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 137
167
Johann Jakob Walther
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 156
168
Johann Adam Reincken
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 448
169
Francesco Gasparini
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 311
170
Louis Marchand
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1023
171
Giovanni Maria Trabaci
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 227
172
Johann Philipp Krieger
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 455
173
Domenico Gallo
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 231
174
Charles Dieupart
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 223
175
Franz Tunder
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 690
176
Nicolaus Bruhns
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 671
177
Johann Christoph Pezel
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 616
178
Jacopo Peri
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1605
179
Nicolas Lebègue
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 290
180
Jean-Baptiste Forqueray
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 383
181
Andrea Zani
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 302
182
Girolamo Fantini
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 734
183
Giovanni Battista Fontana
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 306
184
Henri Dumont
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 344
185
Johann Caspar Kerll
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 441
186
Francisco Guerau
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 249
187
Giovanni Felice Sances
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 478
188
Heinrich Scheidemann
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 387
189
Jean-Baptiste Quentin
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 124
190
Antoine Dauvergne
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 226
191
Gaspard Le Roux
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 177
192
Benedetto Ferrari
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 304
193
Willem de Fesch
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 389
194
Giovanni Picchi
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 228
195
Johann Ludwig Bach
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 531
196
Giovanni Bassano
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 483
197
Pietro Nardini
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 388
198
William Babell
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 267
199
Francesco Provenzale
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 348
200
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 441