Pachebel Canon In D Major
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Pachelbel's autograph signature from his 1695 letter to Gotha city authorities.
Johann Pachelbel ( /ˈjoʊhɑːn ˈpækəlbɛl/ or /ˈpɑːkəlbɛl/;[1] German:
[ˈjoːhan ˈpaxɛlbəl][2][3] or [ˈpaxəlbɛl], or [paˈxɛlbəl];[citation needed]
baptised September 1, 1653 – buried March 9, 1706)[4] was a German Baroque
composer, organist and teacher, who brought the south German organ tradition
to its peak. He composed a large body of sacred and secular music, and his
contributions to the development of the chorale prelude and fugue have
earned him a place among the most important composers of the middle
Baroque era.[5]
Pachelbel's music enjoyed enormous popularity during his lifetime;
he had many pupils and his music became a model for the composers
of south and central Germany. Today, Pachelbel is best known for the
Canon in D, the only canon he wrote – although a true canon at the
unison in three parts, it is often regarded more as a passacaglia,
and it is in this mode that it has been arranged and transcribed
for many different media. In addition to the canon, his most
well-known works include the Chaconne in F minor, the Toccata
in E minor for organ, and the Hexachordum Apollinis, a set of
keyboard variations.[6]
Pachelbel's music was influenced by southern German composers,
such as Johann Jakob Froberger and Johann Kaspar Kerll,
Italians such as Girolamo Frescobaldi and Alessandro Poglietti,
French composers, and the composers of the Nuremberg tradition.
He preferred a lucid, uncomplicated contrapuntal style that
emphasized melodic and harmonic clarity. His music is less
virtuosic and less adventurous harmonically than that of
Dieterich Buxtehude, although, like Buxtehude, Pachelbel
experimented with different ensembles and instrumental
combinations in his chamber music and, most importantly,
his vocal music, much of which features exceptionally rich
instrumentation. Pachelbel explored many variation forms and
associated techniques, which manifest themselves in various
diverse pieces, from sacred concertos to harpsichord suites.
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