Baroque Concerto (Concierto barroco) was first published in Mexico by Siglo Ventiuno Editiores in 1974. It is one of a number of novellas written by Alejo Carpentier in which he uses the literary conceits of magical realism to explore the relationships between Europe and Latin America, to compare historical periods with the present, and to mix realism and fantasy, producing a hybrid narrative style for which he coined the term ‘magical realism’.
