The Baroque Beatles Book is a record album by the American keyboardist and conductor Joshua Rifkin.

The artwork on the cover, signed by illustrator Roger Hane, depicts classical composers reviewing the music to "I Want to Hold Your Hand", one of whom sports a Beatles t-shirt.

Created at the height of Beatlemania in the 1960s, the works on the album share many characteristics with the music of Peter Schickele and his alter ego P. D. Q. Bach.

[1] Despite the primarily humorous nature of the compositions, Rifkin also indicates in the liner notes (signed "1684" and written as a parody of a 17th-century composer attempting to curry favor and employment with a monarch) that one of his motivations was to demonstrate how the melodies of John Lennon and Paul McCartney can be favorably compared with those of the great Baroque masters.

On the second side, Rifkin connects the number 58,000 to a reference to the Beatles' concert at Shea Stadium, where reportedly 58,000 were in attendance.

An article in the November 27, 1965 issue of Billboard reported that radio station WMCA had received "hundreds" of favorable calls after playing selections from the LP.

[3] Elektra's advertisement for the album carried the taglines "Best Beatle Tunes in 18th Century Settings" and "Workin'!!